Marjorie Cook

Seven charged after caught jet-boating

Class-winning driver Mark Agnew and navigator Paul Vernel race the Dart River on the final day of...

Seven charged after caught jet-boating

Charges have now been laid against the seven men who were found jet-boating on the Makarora River last Friday and police are warning people to stay close to home for exercise and recreation.

New gym on college’s wish list

Mount Aspiring College. PHOTO: ODT FILES

New gym on college’s wish list

The Government has invested $46.5million in redeveloping Mount Aspiring College, but board of trustees chairman Dr Ian Hall wants more.

Mountains of fresh snow lift avalanche risk

Having fun in the snow at the summit of the Lindis Pass yesterday afternoon were Allanah Kelly...

Mountains of fresh snow lift avalanche risk

There has been an unsettled start to spring in ski paradise.

Patience needed as farmers unable to effect change on their own all at once

Maungawera farmer Grant Ruddenklau says there will always be agriculture in the Upper Clutha....

Patience needed as farmers unable to effect change on their own all at once

Patience, please. We’re changing. That is the appeal from Maungawera farmer Grant Ruddenklau, as the rural sector navigates new freshwater regulations and climate change pressures.

Studio sees area as key to growing country’s film industry

An artist’s impression of part of the Silverlight Studios proposal. IMAGE: SUPPLIED

Studio sees area as key to growing country’s film industry

Silverlight Studios is waiting to hear if it has won approval for a fast-track consent for its proposal to build a $280m film studio complex on the edge of Wanaka. Marjorie Cook asked studio spokesman Mike Wallis what's next for the project.

Start-up making festivity sustainable

Reusable Christmas cracker distributer Emma Conyngham loves working from home in Wanaka. PHOTO:...

Start-up making festivity sustainable

A Wanaka couple are hoping people go crackers for their new sustainable business.

Long wait for home worth it for family

Enjoying their new home in Wanaka are Ivy (2), Kenny, Maisie (2), Carrie and Rory (4) Vaugh....

Long wait for home worth it for family

Dreams do come true.

Minister pleased with college development

Education Minister Chris Hipkins with (from left) principal Nicola Jacobsen and school leaders...

Minister pleased with college development

Education Minister Chris Hipkins is satisfied with the Government’s $46million investment in Mount Aspiring College’s new teaching spaces, whare, studios and library.

Mountain bikers criticised over cattle deaths

Beef cattle negotiate the Dingle Burn Bluff. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Mountain bikers criticised over cattle deaths

Mountain bikers have been blasted as "brainless idiots" for causing the deaths of three pregnant cows after ignoring signs and spooking them on a remote Lake Hawea station.

Groups opposed to airport plan combine

Hawea Flat resident Zella Downing is the spokeswoman for the Stop Central Otago Airport group....

Groups opposed to airport plan combine

Zella Downing fears the Upper Clutha community is ‘‘fighting a ghost’’ as it tackles Tarras airport development plans by Christchurch International Airport Ltd (CIAL).

Conservation work to continue

Native birdlife is thriving in the Matukituki Valley, near Wanaka, because of work over the past seven years by volunteer predator controllers.

Former NZ yachtsman to lead airport corporation

Auckland businessman Glen Sowry is the new chief executive of Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) and will move with his family to Queenstown to take up the role in mid-September.

Central Otago olive producer looking to Aussie markets

Dre Hart is launching his manuka-smoked olives at the Cromwell Farmers Market. PHOTO: MARJORIE COOK

Central Otago olive producer looking to Aussie markets

It took just four short months for Central Otago entrepreneur Dre Hart to get his manuka-smoked olives into 95 New Zealand stores. Now he's working on moving into Australia.

Woolworths to develop Countdown Metro store

An artist’s impression of the proposed Countdown for Wanaka. IMAGE: COUNTDOWN

Woolworths to develop Countdown Metro store

A new supermarket chain is coming to Wanaka.

Skifields not banking on Australians

Cardrona has cruisy, open, undulating, perfectly-groomed pistes, mellow basins and world-class...

Skifields not banking on Australians

Queenstown and Wanaka skifields are no longer banking on Australia to help boost visitor numbers this season as more Covid-19 restrictions are implemented across the Tasman.

Riddles underground in Austria

The absence of light is not necessarily the only thing that can keep one in the dark on a mine visit, former ODT reporter Marjorie Cook discovers.

Holiday goes swimmingly

Therme Erding, inside the complex, near the cocktail bar. Photos by Marjorie Cook.

Holiday goes swimmingly

Former Wanaka writer Marjorie Cook employs a bicycle in her search for a swimming pool and some relaxation in Germany.

Winter swim in Ireland not such a Corker idea

Sylvain Estadieu (left) and the late Pariac Casey emerge from a chilly Lake Wanaka in July 2011...

Winter swim in Ireland not such a Corker idea

Former Otago Daily Times journalist and Wanaka Lake Swimmers club member Marjorie Cook hardened up and accepted an invitation to go on a winter ocean swim with two tough Cork swimmers she met in her home town of Wanaka.

Crowds flock to wine and food expo

Wine and food vendors did a roaring trade at Warbirds Over Wanaka during Easter weekend and many say they will be back for the 2012 show.

Retreat to find a way forward

Red Retreats facilitators Tanette Hickey (left) and Lee Ball, of Lake Hawea, advocate a holistic...

Retreat to find a way forward

It's an increasingly fast-paced world, with more and sometimes seemingly pointless demands being made on people's time and resources. How do you sort the good from the bad?

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