Mark Price

Otago's entrant in the 16,000km Mongol Motor Rally is counting down the days to the start in England on July 16.

Wanaka, Nasa's super-pressure balloon is closing in on a significant milestone.

The Wanaka Community House Charitable Trust has been granted resource consent to build its new multimillion-dollar facility in the grounds of St Columba's Anglican Church, in McDougall St.

A smart-thinking laptop has landed an Invercargill man in trouble.

At last. The ski world has caught up with The Jetsons.

Skiers at the Cardrona Alpine Resort will get a break from wind and snow while riding the "magic carpet'' up the learners' slope this season.

The departure from Wanaka of a single family is expected to improve the town's crime statistics.

A "high-level strategy'' to develop the 1.7km strip of land between Wanaka's township and lake received the backing of the Wanaka Community Board this week.

Two Lakes District tourism-related businesses will receive a total of $400,000 through the Government's "tourism growth partnership''.

The idea of shifting the site for the proposed watersports building on the Lake Wanaka foreshore a few metres has not changed the views of one of the main objectors.

Crews were called out to fight a house fire in Hawea this evening.

The big issue for the Queenstown Lakes District Council this year has been ‘‘affordable'' housing - or, more correctly, the lack of it. Otago Daily Times Wanaka bureau chief Mark Price asks Wanaka's Willowridge Developments Ltd property developer Allan Dippie for ideas on what more the council can do to help.

DepartingWanaka Golf Club professional Garth Domigan has taken a swing at the management and the course of the club where he has worked for the past 10 years.

A new brand and logo to promote Wanaka in the tourism world was unveiled by Lake Wanaka Tourism last night.