Just three days remain in Wanaka ultra-runner Mal Law's 50-day charity challenge, and although his physical goal has been scaled back, his fundraising goal has been increased for the third time, to more than half a million dollars.
ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire look's at Highlander Nasi Manu's impact over the past few years.
ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire looks at five key points from the Highlanders v Hurricanes match in Dunedin on Friday night.
ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire rates the Highlanders after their loss to the Hurricanes in Dunedin last night.
Some residents of a piece of central Wanaka being eyed up for increased density housing are angered by what they describe as an ''appalling'' lack of council communication on the proposal.
For 22 years, gravedigger Don McKinlay has watched mourners come and go at the Wanaka Cemetery.
Queenstown Lakes district councillor Calum McLeod says the chance for residents to have their say on the proposed medium density zone for Wanaka is far from over.
There will be no prosecution taken by the Otago Regional Council in relation to a burn-off at Hillend Station, Wanaka, last October, despite many official complaints about smoke from the fire blanketing the town.
A search and rescue operation is under way for a mountaineer missing for three weeks.
A man has been arrested following an assault in Queenstown at the weekend in which the victim was punched from behind and knocked unconscious.
The Wanaka woman killed in a single-vehicle crash at Queensberry at the weekend was remembered by friends yesterday as the ''funnest lady'' who loved tennis, gardening and her family.
Two appeals have been lodged against conditions of a proposed $10 million marina at Frankton.
Tributes flowed yesterday for a Christchurch family of four killed in Monday's plane crash near Wanaka.
NASA has advised that it is ‘no go' for a balloon launch tomorrow at Wanaka due to the predicted weather conditions on the ground and the flight trajectory still trending too far north.
The wait continues at Wanaka Airport for Nasa's giant scientific helium balloon to take flight, with wind conditions at the moment making its flight path a public safety concern once it leaves New Zealand skies.
A pro golfer was caught drink-driving in Queenstown just hours after finishing 19th in the New Zealand Open.
Continuing weather worries have delayed the launch of Nasa's huge helium balloon from Wanaka Airport for at least another day.
If it were not for a handsome stranger coming to her rescue, Southland shepherd Sarah Rhodes might never have become the first female winner in the 50-year history of the Wanaka A&P Show dog trials.
ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire rates the Highlanders players after their win over the Waratahs at Forsyth Barr Stadium yesterday.
Wanaka's residential versus visitor accommodation needs were weighed up at a Queenstown Lakes District Council resource consent hearing this week.
