Mark Price

Bike Wanaka believes developing mountain-bike tracks on a new recreation reserve at Peninsula Bay would take the pressure off the town's other tracks shared with walkers.

Lake Hawea could be in for a ministerial visit, if the Queenstown Lakes District Council signs off next week on a 400-lot special housing area (SHA) proposed for the town.

A piece of Wanaka real estate with million-dollar views is up for grabs - not for building houses on but for recreational development.

A metal sculpture on a trailer bound for a prime spot in Queenstown was attracting attention before it even left Wanaka yesterday.

A webcam is now in place on another southern mountain pass, allowing motorists to check road conditions before they travel.

Would the Queenstown Airport Corporation be better building a new airport near Lumsden, in Southland, than developing Wanaka Airport?

A St John member waded 100m through the chilly waters of Lake Wanaka yesterday to assist three injured people on board a stranded boat.

A Hawea Flat group is taking its first step today towards attracting the world ploughing championships to the district in 10 years' time.

A new primary school for Wanaka cannot come soon enough for the town.

A Lake Hawea man is promoting the farming of the "industrial hemp" version of the cannabis plant.

The Queenstown Airport Corporation is not showing any willingness to change course on the way it is proceeding with planning the respective futures of Queenstown and Wanaka Airports.

Delays caused by unsettled weather have upset Ospri plans for an aerial drop of 1080 poison on land near Luggate this winter.

A 16-year, $1 million dream has finally begun to bear fruit for new Central Otago restaurateur Hayden Johnston.

Five years after it formed, the Cardrona Curling Club is still searching for a permanent home with reliable ice.