NZSKI has banned foot passengers from using its chairlifts in
the wake of an incident at Coronet Peak last season in which
an Auckland couple were injured.
Australia's honorary seventh state of New Zealand churned out
the winners during the annual Paragliding State of Origin
held in Manilla in New South Wales during Easter weekend.
The owner of an elderly three-legged Jack Russell has been
left with a $640 vet bill after, he says, his dog was
attacked by two husky dogs whose owner did not intervene.
A new 6km fun run along the Frankton arm of Lake Wakatipu
will give women the chance to help three local organisations
- one of which faced closure earlier this year - plus provide
a chance to get together and exercise with friends.
A list of eight steps describing how Glenorchy's Stop the
Tunnel group has lobbied the Department of Conservation in a
bid to encourage it to decline Milford Dart Ltd's (MDL)
proposal for an 11.6km commercial bus tunnel to Milford Sound
has been sent to the Office of the Ombudsman.
Redundancies have been confirmed after 330 staff across Queenstown Lakes District Council, Lakes Environmental and Lakes Leisure were given two weeks to comment on a draft consultation report.