Lucy Ibbotson

Hundreds of spectators lined Wanaka's main street on Saturday, for the homecoming parade of the 2010 Goldfields Cavalcade, one of the biggest since the event's inception in 1991.

Members of the Wanaka Camera Club consider themselves ‘‘amateurs'' in a ‘‘fledgling'' group, but their interest in photography and the skills learned and developed during the past two years are to be shown for the first time at the club's inaugural exhibition next week.

Starting a film society in Cromwell is just the first small step towards realising a dream for film industry specialist PKay Maracin.

"Make a difference over a cuppa'' is the slogan behind a service focusing on the needs of elderly people set to be launched in Queenstown and Wanaka next week.

From about 15 cassette tapes in 1997, to more than 170 DVDs, memory sticks, YouTube clips, podcasts, emailed MP3s and myspace website links in 2009 - the application process for bands vying for a chance to play at Wanaka's Rippon Festival has evolved significantly.

Hawea Flat School is the latest school to set about developing and implementing a travel plan as part of the Queenstown Lakes District Council goal to put school travel plans in place district-wide in the next three years.

Things are all go at Lot 22 in Wanaka's West Meadows subdivision, as the Wanakafest house begins to take shape.

Wanaka's cycling fraternity is in luck now former Commonwealth and Olympic Games cyclist Jon Andrews has moved to town.

Thousands of keen skiers and snowboarders enjoyed brilliant opening day conditions last Friday and Saturday at Cardrona Alpine Resort and Treble Cone respectively.