Wanaka parking warden Daryl Taylor says he is considering his employment options after a complaint was laid against him by the editor of a Wanaka community newspaper last week.
More than $400 was raised for Wanaka fire victims John and Tracy Scott and their two children by the Upper Clutha Rugby Club at a game played at the Tarras rugby ground on Saturday.
Country music figures and occasional Wanaka residents Shania Twain (42) and producer husband Robert "Mutt" Lange (59) are to part.
A family of four awoke to find their Wanaka house on fire and escaped minutes before the property was engulfed by flames yesterday morning.
DOC weka breeding programme manager Stu Thorne said the four weka killed by a stoat had been frozen and were being held on behalf of Ngai Tahu.
Four weka chicks are dead after an attack by a "killing machine" at Stevensons Island, Lake Wanaka, earlier this week.
A footbridge used in the construction of the Clyde Dam has a new purpose in life, straddling the Arrow River, thanks to an enthusiastic bunch of Arrowtown locals.
Upper Clutha Environment Society president Julian Haworth was asked by his society members to rein in his advocacy to a "more moderately-stated stance," at their AGM in Wanaka.
Approval for a $100 million, five-star hotel on the Wanaka lakefront has been granted after conditions for the proposed development were confirmed by the Environment Court this week.
Civic leaders across Central Otago have backed police efforts to curb the spread of gang-related organised crime into the region.
Police and fire inspectors have concluded a fire which gutted a Wanaka takeaway store on Saturday morning started accidentally and are not looking for anyone in connection with the blaze.
A firefighting team from Wanaka won first place in the women's section of the annual Otago-Southland rural firefighting Wajax competition, which was held in Te Anau on Saturday.
A $2 million building is the latest commercial development planned for upper Ardmore St in Wanaka.
Wanaka residents woke to the first inversion cloud layer of the year over the town yesterday, but the chilly temperatures on the mountains above were an early boon for snow-making at some skifields.
Work has started on the Hawea River track, a walking and cycling track linking Lake Hawea with Albert Town along the Hawea River.
Climbing the world's highest peak has been part of the job for Wanaka-based alpine guide Lydia Bradey.
A $50,000 bike park at Lismore Reserve in Wanaka is nearing completion after nearly a month of earth-moving work and design shaping.
The capacity of the Wanaka town water supply is inadequate to cope with the expected growth of the town and needs to be upgraded.
Mountain-biker Dan Aitken has his sights trained on representing New Zealand at the World Cup downhill championships in France next month.
The building of more cycleways and walkways in the Queenstown Lakes district is being actively pursued by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
