Australian chef Iain "Huey" Hewitson may reel in more than a million viewers for his top-rating cooking show, but his talent for catching the attention of television watchers did not extend to the fish in Lake Wanaka yesterday.
Ongoing disagreements about a gateway roundabout at the entrance to Wanaka's lakeside retail area continue to hold up construction plans for a project which has been hampered by delays.
Supporters of the Hawea Flat Primary School are hoping they will be celebrating today after the auction of a house built as a fundraiser.
Installing traffic lights at a crash-prone single-lane bridge on State Highway 6 near Wanaka could reduce the likelihood of further accidents, a police officer says.
Wanaka Police are blaming an increase in petrol prices for a "worrying trend" of fuel theft which is taking place in the resort.
Hawea Community Association leaders, at a meeting with Queenstown Lakes District Council representatives next week, will push for more immediate initiatives to address problems being created by irresponsible freedom campers.
Cliff Garrett, one of Otago's most distinguished firemen, was accorded full honours by his New Zealand United Fire Brigade colleagues during a funeral and ceremonial parade in Wanaka yesterday afternoon.
New Zealanders are increasingly choosing Wanaka as their holiday destination, with the resort recording the largest percentage increase in recently released domestic visitor tourism figures.
An increase in operational capacity at Wanaka Airport is being sought by the Queenstown Lakes District Council as it moves to push through a plan change and resource consents.
The district council recently lodged two notice of requirements to alter existing resource consent designations at the airport, with planning authority Lakes Environmental.
Exploratory drills could soon be sunk in Wanaka's lakefront reserve as council engineers search for an alternative water source to address an ongoing algae contamination of the town's water supply.
Rippon Vineyard's new wine hall and function centre was opened on Saturday.
When Geoff Hewson first floated the idea of racing rubber ducks down the Hawea River as a fundraising venture, he never thought it would capture the imagination of a community.
Driver error appears to be a factor in the fatal head-on collision in the Lindis Pass on Thursday.
Emergency services spent more than an hour helping to stabilise and assist an injured Dunedin man at the site of a motorcycle crash beside Lake Hawea yesterday afternoon.
Boulder blockades are unlikely to be put back in place to deter freedom campers at Lake Hawea, with local residents pursuing more constructive solutions to address an ongoing messy problem.
Two managers have been appointed to run community facilities in Wanaka formerly run by one.
One of Central Otago's pioneering wine-making families will be popping the corks today to celebrate another step towards their vision of a sustainable and biodynamic winery at Wanaka's Rippon Vineyard.
A man was killed and three people injured, two seriously, in a head-on collision between two vehicles in the Lindis Pass yesterday.
A confrontation with freedom campers at Lake Hawea yesterday ensured Queenstown Lakes Mayor Vanessa van Uden got the message across about their unwanted messy habits.
Franz Josef Glacier has knocked Mt Cook/Aoraki off a top 20 list of New Zealand travel destinations.
