New hut will expand snow school time
New hut will expand snow school time
Snow sports and mountain skills have always been on the school curriculum in Wanaka.
Marjorie Cook
Planting natives bringing back birds
Planting natives bringing back birds
Central Otago Forest & Bird members are proud of a two-year labour of love at Lake Hawea Station to offset their carbon emissions. Marjorie Cook reports.
Wanaka land earmarked for retirement village on sale
Wanaka land earmarked for retirement village on sale
A prominent Roys Bay property once earmarked for a retirement village and a body corporate apartment complex is being sold by a mortgagee.
Plans, pay, service minister’s message
Plans, pay, service minister’s message
Finish your destination management plans, pay tourism workers "a decent amount of money" and lift your service: this was the message from Tourism Minister Stuart Nash to the tourism industry...
Visitor news sparks hope, restart activity
Visitor news sparks hope, restart activity
Mark these days: April 12, May 1. Wanaka tourism operators have between four and six weeks to get their wheels back on, prime their engines and get the local economy moving again.
Cats’ rabid rabbit habit included in report
Cats’ rabid rabbit habit included in report
Lake Hayes cats Scratchy and Whiskers have been scoffing rabbits "like popcorn"— forming a key part of a tongue-in-cheek management plan.
Groups hoping more people will tee off with frisbees
Groups hoping more people will tee off with frisbees
Disc golf in Wanaka has taken a step forward as a legitimate sport.
Autumn Art School postponed
Autumn Art School postponed
Covid has steamrolled another Wanaka event — the 32nd Wanaka Autumn Art School.
Fundraiser a personal mission
Fundraiser a personal mission
Auckland cyclists Bruce Cotterill and Paul Muir are on a mission to promote men’s health charities in their 2500km fundraising tour of New Zealand.
Rest and recuperation for ‘terribly tired’ Wright
Rest and recuperation for ‘terribly tired’ Wright
A combination of competition, Covid, jetlag and stress led to Wanaka biathlete Campbell Wright pushing his heart rate into the danger zone at an event in Italy on Sunday.
Consent obtained for ‘unorthodox’ farm subdivision
Consent obtained for ‘unorthodox’ farm subdivision
Auckland developer Douglas Developments Ltd has obtained resource consent for an "unorthodox" 17-lot farm park subdivision near Tarras.
Consent obtained for ‘unorthodox’ farm subdivision
Consent obtained for ‘unorthodox’ farm subdivision
Auckland developer Douglas Developments Ltd has obtained resource consent for an "unorthodox" 17-lot farm park subdivision near Tarras.
Traverse an ‘amazing experience’
Traverse an ‘amazing experience’
Wanaka woman Tanya Bottomley has conquered Fiordland’s unknown challenges and completed a month-long west-east traverse of the South Island.
Team Avaya way up front in Godzone
Team Avaya way up front in Godzone
Team Avaya continued to turn the screws in the 710km Godzone adventure race yesterday, leaving some of New Zealand’s top multisporters in tatters.
Announcement 'soon' about tourism kickstart fund access for Wanaka
Announcement 'soon' about tourism kickstart fund access for Wanaka
Tourism Minister Stuart Nash says he will "shortly announce" how Wanaka businesses can apply for a share of a $49 million kickstart fund and gear up for the return of international tourists.
Team Avaya still leading but weather may push back finish
Team Avaya still leading but weather may push back finish
Nathan Fa’avae’s Team Avaya was still leading the Godzone Adventure Race yesterday afternoon, 54km into a trek through the Eyre Mountains, on the way to Dead Dog Flat.
Team Avaya leads after flying start
Team Avaya leads after flying start
Team Avaya got off to a flying start at Godzone at the weekend, but several other athletes had to be choppered off the alpine course with illness or injuries.
Vaccine pass exemptions issued to 15 in SDHB area
Vaccine pass exemptions issued to 15 in SDHB area
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 people living in the Southern District Health Board area have been granted a vaccine pass exemption, from 593 granted as of February 1.
Call for certainty on border reopening
Call for certainty on border reopening
Wanaka tourism operators need certainty around when the borders will reopen so they can build a workforce and plan to regenerate, Lake Wanaka Tourism chairman Mat Woods says.
Epic journey under way for race teams
Epic journey under way for race teams
Smiles wreathed the faces of rugby identities Richie McCaw and Rob Nichol as they began the first day of their 710km "coast to coast" at Jackson Bay, Haast, yesterday.