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Silt worries for the future

Mike Weddell practises casting on the Silver Stream ahead of the start of the fishing season...

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Silt worries for the future

This week, as I waded into what looked like a clean gravelly ripple, plumes of silt billowed from the gravel and discoloured the water for several metres before sinking to the riverbed again.

Fireworks, open air fires banned for Strath Taieri

There was also a shortage of relief trucks which were used when firetrucks were being serviced or...

Fireworks, open air fires banned for Strath Taieri

Fireworks and open air fires will be prohibited in the Strath Taieri zone as of tomorrow morning.

Queenstown cops put brakes on rowdy supercar

Queenstown cops put brakes on rowdy supercar

A $380k supercar which has been a common sight - and sound - around Queenstown streets in recent weeks, has been impounded.

Backyard nurseries spreading pest plants in Southland

Purple loosetrife, pinus mugo and Darwin's barberry Photo: Commons

Backyard nurseries spreading pest plants in Southland

Environment Southland has warned against backyard nurseries selling pest plants on social media.

Call for government to investigate road closure

Is Beach Rd a ‘‘must have’’ or a ‘‘nice to have?’’ PHOTO: BRENDON MCMAHON

Call for government to investigate road closure

The government is being called to investigate the Waitaki District Council’s role in the closure of Beach Rd.

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Friends, family help to mark anniversary

Val and Ted Tempero celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Oamaru last week. PHOTO: NIC DUFF

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Friends, family help to mark anniversary

Oamaru couple Ted and Val Tempero have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

AED for street a ‘no-brainer’

Blue Stone Dr resident Merie La Grange performs CPR as fellow resident Francois La Grange (right)...

AED for street a ‘no-brainer’

"We hope we never have to use it but at least we know it’s there."

Schools are back, rolls up or stable

Tarras School pupils enjoy the shade during their sunny lunch break. PHOTO: RAWAN SAADI

Schools are back, rolls up or stable

All seven Upper Clutha schools, big and small, have reopened classrooms for 2025.

Artist sells piece in support of Huntington’s sufferers

Artist Kurt Caumette is happy to be displaying his piece, True Friendship, in Wānaka’s community...

Artist sells piece in support of Huntington’s sufferers

True Friendship is the title of an artwork by a Wanaka local trying to fundraise for a condition he has endured all his life.

Central cyclists secure wins at elite nationals

Central cyclists secure wins at elite nationals

The Central Otago towns of Luggate and Lake Hawea can claim bragging rights any time a New Zealand road champion’s jersey is seen on the backs of professional cyclists Kim Cadzow or Paul Wright in...

Hot shot wants other juniors to try out

Johnathon King practices at the Wānaka Gun Club shooting range. PHOTO: RAWAN SAADI

Hot shot wants other juniors to try out

A young local has represented New Zealand in the clay target shooting nationals as one of Wānaka’s few junior gun club members.

Couple to renew vows made lakeside 10 years ago

Alyssa Coe and Mark ‘‘Sharky’’ Smoothy, of Australia, exchanged wedding vows during Challenge...

Couple to renew vows made lakeside 10 years ago

Two Australian athletes will be celebrating 10 years of love and endurance at Challenge Wānaka tomorrow.

Over 700 set to contest Challenge Half

Challenge Wānaka race director Jane Sharman. PHOTO: ODT FILES

Over 700 set to contest Challenge Half

When more than 700 individual age-group athletes line the Roys Bay lakefront at dawn to begin the 19th Challenge Wanaka Half tomorrow, a large cohort of elite male athletes will be in the mix,...

Maier misses 6th title, Hunt takes men’s

Deborah Lynch, of Porirua, charges through a river crossing on her way to winning the Longest Day...

Maier misses 6th title, Hunt takes men’s

Wānaka's giant of multisport, Simone Maier, was toppled by Porirua’s Deborah Lynch at the Coast to Coast 243km Longest Day race on February 8.

Young guns triumph in teams event

Coast to Coast two-day team (from left) Ciara Aitken (Villa Maria College) and Mt Aspiring...

Young guns triumph in teams event

Two 14-year-old athletes from Mount Aspiring College raced to victory in the Coast to Coast two-day, three-person event on February 8, leaving adult women in their wake.

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‘Not too bothered’ by McDonald’s

McDonald's has closed 12 stores in Victoria over the coronavirus. Photo: Getty Images

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‘Not too bothered’ by McDonald’s

Wānaka residents appear "not too bothered" by McDonald’s potentially setting up shop somewhere else in the town as the local MP indicates growth is inevitable and outsiders had too much say.

‘Lots of tears’ as restructure proposed

More than a quarter of Environment Southland employees could be affected by a proposed restructure at the organisation.

Longtime councillor to step down

Otago regional councillor Alexa Forbes says she is stepping away from local politics, but she will finish the term.

Police reopen 1998 West Coast cold case

David Robinson's body was found on December 28, 1998.

Police reopen 1998 West Coast cold case

Tasman police have re-opened their investigation into a more than 26-year-old killing in the small West Coast town of Kakapotahi.

Farm fined over worker's 'horrific' crushing death

Temuka agribusiness fined over worker's 'horrific' crushing death

A large South Canterbury agribusiness has been ordered to pay nearly $450,000 for health and safety failures that led to a man's death.

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