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Toilet block at Moeraki Boulders approved

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Toilet block at Moeraki Boulders approved

The spectacle of visitors caught short at one of the South Island’s most renowned visitor sites will be wiped away when new toilets are installed.

On the ‘road to nowhere’

Queenstown’s $128m, 1.1km arterial road officially opens today. PHOTO: KA HUANUI A TAHUNA ALLIANCE

On the ‘road to nowhere’

More than three years after the first sod was turned, Queenstown’s notorious ‘road to nowhere’ is officially open - though it’s still not quite finished.

Benefits in slow tourism: mayor

Heritage and arts tourism is the biggest attractor of visitors to Waitaki at 138,000 overnight...

Benefits in slow tourism: mayor

A focus on attracting higher volume tourism will impact smaller communities like the Waitaki District, local leaders say.

Skier set to realise two dreams

Skier Grant McKenzie shows some of the pieces from an art fundraiser which will help him to get...

Skier set to realise two dreams

When Grant McKenzie was a shy schoolboy, he could often be found in the library reading about Italy’s history.

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Success spur to chase global goals

Codee with his 2024 New Zealand Steer Riding Championship belt buckle. PHOTO: NIC DUFF

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Success spur to chase global goals

At just 9 years old, Codee Cleaver has achieved more than people double or even triple his age.

Pet lodge doomed

Ladies Mile Pet Lodge’s land and buildings are on the market. PHOTO: OLIVIA JUDD

Pet lodge doomed

It looks like ministerial approval in November for the intensified development of Queenstown’s Ladies Mile, with up to 2400 residences at higher densities, has claimed its first victim.

Town brought together by art

Charlie, 4 (left), and Freya Waite, 6, proudly display their concept drawing with the finished...

Town brought together by art

Wet weather in Oamaru did not deter local residents as they did their best Banksy impersonations.

Institute starts year with rise in enrolment

Institute starts year with rise in enrolment

The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) has started the year with a bang, experiencing a growth spurt in enrolment numbers, which are up by 19% compared with January last year.

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All panned out in the end

Checking out the completed miner sculpture by Jakob Stadler at the Naseby playground are (from...

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All panned out in the end

He is tall, dark and rather handsome in a rugged sort of way.

Family history a passion project

Paul Klemick dressed in traditional Polish attire at the Jackson Bay 150th anniversary...

Family history a passion project

"I wanted to learn about my own family."

Council lists alternatives for road’s future

One of two massive gulches opened up in Beach Rd, north of the Awamoa Rd junction. PHOTO:...

Council lists alternatives for road’s future

The Waitaki District Council is facing increasing pressure from ratepayers over the future of Beach Rd, as the cost a major cleanup of the area has escalated to $18.3 million.

Buffet dinner to usher in Chinese Year of the Wood Snake

Oamaru Chinese Association president Janice Burnett (left) and The Station Yuan’s co-owner Tina...

Buffet dinner to usher in Chinese Year of the Wood Snake

Chinese New Year is being ushered in with Oamaru celebrations marking the beginning of the new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar.

Water schemes under pressure

Water schemes under pressure

The hot, dry weather has raised the spectre of water restrictions and Queenstown Lakes residents and visitors are being urged to conserve water.

Hunters advised to get in shape for season

The Roar is a highlight of the hunting calendar. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Hunters advised to get in shape for season

Getting fit for the deerhunting season could reduce severe injuries that last long after the Roar is over, and save accident compensation costs, the NZ Mountain Safety Council says.

Outdoor fire ban in place due to significant risks

The Glendhu Bluffs were razed of native vegetation after a blaze caused by an outdoor fire in...

Outdoor fire ban in place due to significant risks

No outdoor fires are allowed in the Southern lakes district or at Glendhu Bluffs, near Wānaka, until further notice, Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Fenz) declared this week.

Halberg award finalist

Mint Charitable Trust programme manager Charlotte Jackson, 30, of Wānaka, is a finalist in the...

Halberg award finalist

Wānaka’s champion for adaptive athletes Charlotte Jackson is in the running for an elite sporting award.

Device to be trialled at Challenge Wanaka

Wānaka tech start up director James Elvery, of RaceRanger, will be trialling the triathlon...

Device to be trialled at Challenge Wanaka

RaceRanger, a pioneering triathlon drafting detection system developed in Wānaka, will make its debut with age-group athletes in February’s Challenge Wānaka Half.

Tramper guilty of sex assaults

A man has been found guilty of forcefully sexually violating a woman and groping another while she slept.

Make a wish used for party

Meike Fountain is surrounded by her school friends and family. PHOTOS: TONI MCDONALD

Make a wish used for party

Te Anau was awash with tears yesterday during a street party put on by the Make A Wish Foundation on behalf of leukaemia survivor Meike Fountain.

Police bust ‘sophisticated’ Southland drug operation

Drugs seized in a recent operation by police in Southland. Photos: NZ Police

Police bust ‘sophisticated’ Southland drug operation

Police have smashed what they describe as a significant drug operation in Southland, which snared 2kg of MDMA pressed into the shape of dining plates and more than $60,000 of cash.

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