Marjorie Cook

Former Dundee man Robert Glen arrived in Wānaka with a guitar and a girlfriend for a winter 11 years ago. He never left, and now he’s working on his first album of original songs. Marjorie...

Music, the military and murder meet in 1943 Winton in a new novel by author LA Joye: Wrongdoings: A Southern Tale of Murder. Wānaka Sun editor Marjorie Cook chats to the Wānaka writer.

Cardrona is in line for more change, both in the village’s main street and on the skifield behind the growing township.

Development continues in the Queenstown Lakes district, with the council processing nearly $1billion worth of building consent applications (in built value) during 2024, according to the December...

Santa, Mrs Claus and their elves began their annual pre-Christmas holiday in Wanaka last weekend.

The Hawea Picnic Races, one of the oldest community racing events in New Zealand, is being cancelled this year because of a lack of entries.

Community support has improved accessibility at Aspiring Gymsports sessions at Paetara Central in Wanaka.

Luggate’s fire station will be temporarily relocated over the road to the old Upper Clutha Transport yard, while the earthquake-prone building is extended and modernised.

Waterskiers’ voices have been heard.

One of the Upper Clutha’s gardening gurus, Diana Manson, retires next month from her role in the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s parks and recreational team.

The Upper Clutha Arts Council is urging more artists — especially juniors — to apply for annual financial assistance scholarships to attend next year’s Autumn Arts School in Wanaka.

Retailers are defying reports of economic gloom and are queuing up to build at Three Parks in Wānaka, Willowridge developer Allan Dippie says.

Woolworths is planning its third - and largest - supermarket for Wānaka.

A new regional recycling facility is being recommended for a large Ballantyne Rd section in Wānaka, to operate alongside Queenstown’s aged and failing material recovery facility in Glenda Dr.

Central Otago’s boutique book event, Cover to Cover, is back for the third time, and this year it is being hosted by Teviot Arts, also known as Tarts, in Roxburgh.

When Wanaka artist Tristian McDonald decides to stay up all night, he really likes to make the most of it.

The Upper Clutha Deerstalkers Association is on the hunt for a new rifle range — again.