Civic-minded movers behind a Wanaka Hall of Fame say the new award will recognise the success of the town's high achievers, although exactly what criteria future inductees will need to meet remains open to debate.
Stormy weather did not prevent the unorthodox delivery of a massive chain-link sculpture from Wanaka artist Martin Hill, with a helicopter brought in to ensure his latest artwork, Interdependence, arrived at its Queenstown destination.
Gold medal-winning skier Adam Hall became the inaugural Wanaka Hall of Fame inductee in a surprise announcement at the end of a homecoming parade to welcome back the town's Winter Olympians on Saturday.
Former Wanaka Primary School pupil turned top-performing New Zealand Winter Olympian Kendall Brown returned to her old school yesterday to help inspire pupils to aim for their dreams.
Wanaka's new tourism tag as the world's first "lifestyle reserve" may require some "very careful management" during the next year, the head of tourism at the University of Otago says.
Irish band Beoga is a five-piece musical outfit which will play its only Otago gig at Wanaka's Riverhouse venue on Wednesday as part of its first tour of New Zealand.
Vacant Wanaka holiday homes being targeted by squatters appear to have two things in common: the houses usually have no security and intruders often gain entry by way of a key, according to police and security consultants.
An online art auction to raise funds for the Wanaka Primary School has started a second round of bidding for celebrity-designed doodles of houses, after earning $1070 for a first lot of five pictures.
Holiday home squatters continue to evade Wanaka police, with another empty house in the resort seemingly targeted for a getaway break by unauthorised visitors.
A roadside accident has spurred a Wanaka contractor to foot the bill for an altruistic project to help protect pedestrians.
Gold medal-winning Paralympian Adam Hall will head a street parade in Wanaka this weekend welcoming back the resort's Winter Olympic representatives.
Staff experience the wintry weather on the deck at the Remarkables Ski Area yesterday morning as the snow continues to fall. Photo supplied.
Southern Lakes skifields all recorded their first significant snowfalls of 2010 yesterday as season opening days draw near.
A massive low-pressure weather system, which has parked itself over the South Island and brought torrential downpours to North Otago and Dunedin, is responsible for early season snowfalls above Queenstown and Wanaka.
An internet art auction of doodles of houses drawn by celebrities, designed to raise funds for the Wanaka Primary School, has started in cyberspace.
Construction of a dental clinic at the new $21 million Wanaka Primary School at Scurr Heights will begin next month.
Police have established that a duck-shooting incident, in which a 10-year-old Tarras boy's right hand was seriously injured, was accidental.
Cardrona Alpine Resort will again host the New Zealand Snowboarding Open this year, organisers confirmed yesterday.
Lake Wanaka Lifestyle Reserve, the new branding concept for Wanaka tourism, was launched yesterday in a move hoped to repeat the success of the New Zealand 100% Pure campaign.
A Christchurch skydiver was stretchered off Wanaka's Mt Iron after a speed-flying crash yesterday evening.
Emergency services attended a car crash at the Lindis Pass yesterday, after a 67-year-old Christchurch man lost control of his car and it hit a bank.
The 10-year-old boy injured in a duck-shooting accident at Tarras on Sunday remained in the children's ward of Dunedin Hospital yesterday.
