The Hawea Community Association will clean up three scenic lakeside reserves before any decision is made about removing vehicle blockades designed to stop freedom campers at the sites.
Preparations are under way at Wanaka's skifields for the start of the ski season next month.
A deadly combination of alleged driver inattention and passengers not wearing seat belts has resulted in a New Zealand honeymoon holiday for a group of eight Chinese travel agents going horribly wrong.
Warbirds Over Wanaka chief executive Roger Clark says his new appointment to project manage the Highlanders rugby team will not affect his leadership role with the popular airshow.
Police are investigating two separate highway deaths after a grim day on North Otago roads yesterday.
High lake levels and increased river flows may be giving Contact Energy bumper conditions to generate power at its Clutha River hydro-electric schemes, but the full lakes are unlikely to mean a reduction in retail electricity prices.
Cromwell wants to further promote its historic goldmining links by establishing a Chinatown precinct on the banks of Lake Dunstan.
Some Wanaka residents are facing a wait of more than six months to get connected to broadband Internet by national service provider Telecom, with the telecommunications company blaming "unforeseen" seasonal spikes.
There may be just a sprinkling of early snow on the mountains around Wanaka but that has not stopped some aspiring ski-patrollers preparing for the approaching winter.
Southern Lakes residents should prepare for another bout of bad weather in the mountains, the MetService having issued heavy-rain warnings for the region this weekend.
The Central Otago District Council has agreed to postpone a proposed redevelopment of the Roxburgh Visitor Centre to see whether a predicted cycleway-related tourism boom eventuates.
A $35,000 budget blowout on a planned new Rural Fire Service depot at Tarras will be absorbed by the Central Otago District Council, which voted to waive building consent fees and other "internal" levies to ensure the project is completed.
Upper Clutha Tramping Club members have joined a groundswell of opposition to the Government's proposal to open areas of the conservation estate for mining.
Barking dogs are driving some Cromwell residents barking mad, Central Otago District councillors were told yesterday.
The World Heli Challenge is returning to the mountainous back country above Lakes Wanaka and Hawea this winter, despite the difficulty of sourcing funding from New Zealand sponsors.
South Island hydro-electric storage lake levels are looking good as winter approaches, although hydro schemes in the North Island continue to be affected by dry weather.
Free morning tea is being offered by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to residents and ratepayers who want to submit on the council's draft annual plan this week.
What do Wanaka's Puzzling World, a Texas prison, the electric chair, and a village of celebrity scarecrows have in common? They are all novelty attractions that have recently been listed among the world's top 10 most weird attractions for tourists on the international travel website IgoUgo.com.
As the level of Lake Wanaka peaked early on Saturday, Lakeland Adventure owners Simon and Danni Stewart were busy checking to see whether their waterfront business would be inundated.
A legal appeal by Frankton development companies opposed to resource consent conditions for the Queenstown Lakes District Council's $42 million wastewater and sewerage facility Project Shotover has been settled out of court.
