Approval for a 10-house affordable housing development in
Arrowtown could be given by the Queenstown Lakes District
Council as early as the end of next month.
Experienced Wanaka mountain guide Mike Roberts has spoken out
about the ''emotionally distraught'' experience of trying,
unsuccessfully, to rescue a Taiwanese climber who collapsed
on Lhotse, the world's fourth-highest mountain.
The Upper Clutha Recycling and Environment Society (UCRES),
which runs Wanaka Wastebusters, has had a ''substantial
facelift'', including a name change and an increased
governance role.