A fleet of ambulances and helicopters rescued seven tourists from a motor vehicle crash on the Haast Pass road, State Highway 6, about 10km north of Makarora yesterday.
Two English doctors were the first on the scene after a four-wheel-drive vehicle overturned on State Highway 6, 3km south of Luggate about 12.30pm yesterday.
A bit of pressure applied in the right place and slabs of schist at the Cluden Stone Quarry snap apart as cleanly as if they were ice.
Sections in the last big chunk of Wanaka with lake and mountain views could be on the market by Christmas.
The developers of the big new Northlake residential subdivision have been granted consent to dig up soil contaminated with timber preservatives from one part of the subdivision and bury it in another part.
Wanaka Airport's first resident corporate jet has taken up a prime position on the airport apron.
Wanaka falcon advocate Mary Chaffey yesterday reminded poultry owners falcons are a protected species.
Part of the big Luggate Park subdivision that lost Dunedin City Council-owned infrastructure company Delta $5.9million before tax in 2012 is being advertised for sale.
A "playground" for four-wheel-drive enthusiasts is how one roading manager described the Waikaia Bush Rd, where a 4WD party was rescued yesterday.
One or more native falcons are causing havoc in hen runs round Wanaka.
A Wanaka couple have been left wondering if it is safe for them to plant a vegetable garden in front of their new Northlake house.
Shown the cold shoulder by the Government eight years ago, Wanaka cycle track enthusiasts are delighted to now be in the loop.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is likely to decide next Thursday if it will sell its prime Scurr Heights land in Wanaka.
Plans are being developed to get more young pilots into the cockpits of some of the country's oldest aircraft.
Former Federal Diner director Emilie Jane Brosnahan has had her manager's certificate suspended for three months, from June 1, following a licensing "debacle''.
The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust is to get another 11 Albert Town sections, valued at $1.8 million, at no cost.
The successful launch of Nasa's super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport yesterday is seen as important for Otago, but there is a lot at stake too for the University of California Berkeley, and the chairman of its physics department, Steve Boggs.
One Chinese tourist is worth at least three Australians in terms of value to New Zealand's tourism industry, according to Prime Minister John Key.
The "wheel man'' of Oamaru, David Wilson, brought a touch of olde worlde eccentricity to Presbyterian Support Otago's Elmslie House, Home and Hospital in Wanaka yesterday, and also provided manager Nina Lunn with a few uncertain moments in the saddle of his penny-farthing.
The water in most of the Cardrona River catchment appears to have been given a clean bill of health by the Otago Regional Council.
