Ex-trackstar stealing the show
Ex-trackstar stealing the show
If things had gone differently, former racehorse Volronomo might have been pet roll by now.
Mark Price
Safe calls on public to boycott rodeo
Safe calls on public to boycott rodeo
The public is being called on to boycott the Wanaka Rodeo this weekend.
Au pair on holiday locked up, deported
Au pair on holiday locked up, deported
An Australian couple are ‘‘horrified and disgusted'' their 18-year-old French au pair was locked in a police cell overnight and then deported by immigration officials at Queenstown Airport who were...
Banning au pair 'pretty harsh', Key says
Banning au pair 'pretty harsh', Key says
Prime Minister John Key says the treatment of a French au pair jailed overnight and deported after travelling to Queenstown with an Australian family on holiday was ‘‘heavy handed''.
Drivers questioned
Drivers questioned
Tourists using New Zealand roads are having their say on driving conditions they encounter here.
Hopes flax chair will impress Paris
Hopes flax chair will impress Paris
A Wanaka design-tech start-up will unveil a chair made from flax at an international trade show in Paris next week.
Claim views adversely affected by power lines
Claim views adversely affected by power lines
A resident of one of Wanaka's more established suburbs believes the view from his house and those of his neighbours are suffering because of electricity infrastructure serving new subdivisions.
Electric car club keen to grow
Electric car club keen to grow
Former fighter pilot Morgan Knoesen has turned over a new leaf.
Car parks an issue for trust
Car parks an issue for trust
The discovery of a 28-year-old building permit requiring 20 "on-site'' car parks at the St Columba Anglican Church site in McDougall St appears to have thrown a spanner in the works of the Wanaka Community House Charitable Trust's plans to build on the land.
Taking up the challenge
Taking up the challenge
Challenge Wanaka's new race director is Bill Roxburgh, of Cromwell.
Housing attempt falls short
Housing attempt falls short
Peter Southwick is a property developer who set out two years ago to build nine "affordable'' homes in Wanaka and, by his own admission, "failed miserably''. Wanaka bureau chief Mark Price spoke to Mr Southwick this week about what he thinks went wrong.
Watersports hearing to begin with site visit
Watersports hearing to begin with site visit
The resource consent hearing of controversial plans to build a watersports facility on the edge of Lake Wanaka is due to begin this morning.
Group criticises watersports grant
Group criticises watersports grant
The group opposed to the watersports facility proposed for the edge of Lake Wanaka has taken to task the Central Lakes Trust for providing the project with a $40,000 grant.
Fears tiles have been forgotten
Fears tiles have been forgotten
Plazas, promenades, piers and gardens ... but what about the millennium tiles?
Road repair
Road repair
Broken edges of seal along a narrow stretch of Mt Aspiring Rd, between Wanaka and Glendhu Bay, were being repaired yesterday by Queenstown Lakes District Council roading contractor Downer Group.
Watersports facility gets $40,000 for 'planning'
Watersports facility gets $40,000 for 'planning'
The controversial Wanaka watersports facility proposal has been granted $40,000 by the Central Lakes Trust for "project planning''.
Toxic algae advice 'reasonable'
Toxic algae advice 'reasonable'
Public Health South has added its voice to warnings over toxic algae in the Cardrona River that caused the death of two dogs.
Lake free of lagarosiphon
Lake free of lagarosiphon
Unlike Lakes Wanaka and Dunstan, and the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers, Lake Wakatipu is free of the invasive aquatic weed lagarosiphon.
Narrow sections of road to be widened
Narrow sections of road to be widened
Arrow sections of Mt Aspiring Rd worrying Wanaka police are in line to be widened.
Chris tests gear hauler with epic walk
Chris tests gear hauler with epic walk
Round New Zealand walker Chris Linton (52) and his "monowalker fatmate'' took a break in Wanaka this week after 41 days' walking from Picton, down the West Coast.