Developer appeals
Developer appeals
The developer of the Stoney Creek Retirement Village in Wanaka has appealed to the Environment Court to overturn a resource consent decision against its proposed 85-unit apartment complex.
Matthew Haggart
Snowsports: Three Kiwis in top 10
Snowsports: Three Kiwis in top 10
Three New Zealanders finished inside the top 10 at the freeski slopestyle competition at the Snow Park yesterday for the World Junior Snowboard and Freestyle Championships.
Toast to the Wells brothers
Toast to the Wells brothers
Wanaka Ski Club supporters will celebrate the success of one of their most successful members at a "red carpet" event at the Lake Wanaka Centre on Saturday night.
Snowsports: Kiwi showing a wolfish style
Snowsports: Kiwi showing a wolfish style
In snowboarding, if you invent a trick you get naming rights once you have landed it.
Snowsports: Wells confident of turning out at champs
Snowsports: Wells confident of turning out at champs
World champion freeskier Jossi Wells is positive an injured ankle will not stop him from competing on his home turf at the world junior snowboarding and freestyle championships next week.
Police inquiry after rape complaint
Police inquiry after rape complaint
Wanaka police have said little about a rape investigation they launched after a 21-year-old woman laid a complaint against three men allegedly involved in an incident on Saturday morning.
Snowboarding: High-flying pair prevails despite re-jigged finals
Snowboarding: High-flying pair prevails despite re-jigged finals
United States snowboarder Kelly Clark oozed class and experience when she cruised to her fourth New Zealand Burton Open half-pipe title at Cardrona Alpine Resort on Saturday.
Skaters may have damaged school
Skaters may have damaged school
"Shocked" Wanaka Primary School supporters have reacted with dismay at the alleged damage being caused by skateboarders illegally gaining entry to a new school site at Scurr Heights.
More visitors means more rescue helicopter visits for ski area
More visitors means more rescue helicopter visits for ski area
A rise in the number of visitors to the learner-friendly slopes of Cardrona Alpine Resort has been matched by a corresponding surge in the number of skifield accidents on the mountain.
Developments dismay landscape architect
Developments dismay landscape architect
As residential subdivisions in Wanaka continue to expand the town's boundaries, the approach of some developers has saddened the Queenstown Lakes District Council's top landscape consultant.
Snowboarding: No stopping US boarder's bid for three
Snowboarding: No stopping US boarder's bid for three
A valiant last-ditch effort from top Kiwi slopestyle snowboarder Shelly Gotlieb was not enough to stop US rider Jamie Anderson from claiming her third straight New Zealand Burton Open women's slopestyle title yesterday.
Snowboarding: Brown flying flag for Kiwi men in semis
Snowboarding: Brown flying flag for Kiwi men in semis
Snowboarder Mitchell Brown will be the sole New Zealand male representing home hopes on the final day of competition at the Burton Open at Cardrona Alpine Resort tomorrow.
More races on Coronet slopes
More races on Coronet slopes
Coronet Peak will host two more major alpine ski race events next week, after FIS Continental Cup officials decided to switch racing from an Australian skifield.
Snowboarding: NZers through to Burton Open semis
Snowboarding: NZers through to Burton Open semis
New Zealand snowboarder Rebecca Torr was the top female qualifier after the first day of slopestyle competition at the Burton Open at Cardrona Alpine Resort, yesterday.
Ohau eyes No 1 again
Ohau eyes No 1 again
Skifield visitors are being surveyed to find out which New Zealand ski area has the best-serviced mountain slopes.
Council wants to regulate flow
Council wants to regulate flow
Cardrona Valley residents and farmers say the proposed minimum flow levels the Otago Regional Council wants imposed to regulate the Cardrona River will affect upstream water users.
Hoods could provide ornament
Hoods could provide ornament
A project exposing the gangland underbelly of Los Angeles drew film-producer Gus Roxburgh away from the mountains of the Southern Lakes. The move resulted in a documentary which has recently been nominated for an Emmy Award, as he tells Wanaka reporter Matthew Haggart.
Skiing: Show-stopping run upsets champ
Skiing: Show-stopping run upsets champ
Australian Russ Henshaw toppled defending champion Bobby Brown to win his first New Zealand Freeski Open slopestyle title at Cardrona Alpine Resort yesterday.
Planners say 'view-shaft' concept good
Planners say 'view-shaft' concept good
A proposed new model for a residential subdivision in Wanaka, which guarantees "view-shafts" and stops neighbours from building too close to other properties has earned plaudits from council planners and landscape architects for its approach to sustainable urban design concepts.
Easter trading bid scope widened
Easter trading bid scope widened
Waitaki MP Jacqui Dean's latest attempt to change Easter trading laws has been expanded in scope and, if successfully voted in by Parliament, will apply to towns and retailers across the whole of her electorate.