The process for procuring the services of council consultants was approved by the Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure services committee this week.
A six-house development proposal for Damper Bay, criticised by the Wanaka Residents Association last year for its "industrial scale", has been refused by two Queenstown Lakes District Council commissioners.
Detailed designs will be drawn up for road rehabilitation works in Panorama Tce, Queenstown, following the Queenstown Lakes District Council infrastructure committee's approval of concept plans on Tuesday.
A group of Wanaka landowners would be reassured the council would protect their rights to an unrestricted water supply, in accordance with an Environment Court ruling, the Queenstown Lakes District Council's infrastructure committee agreed this week.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's infrastructure services committee neither opposes nor supports the controversial 11.3km single-lane Dart Tunnel proposal for the Mt Aspiring National Park but it will make a submission highlighting several concerns it has regarding the impacts on Glenorchy, roading and transport.
The long-awaited Ardmore and Brownston Sts roundabout could be finished by June 30, but Wanaka councillor Lyal Cocks is advising everyone to contain their excitement.
New Zealand's top skeleton racers Katharine Eustace and Ben Sandford have qualified to compete at the world championships this month despite finishing outside the top 10 in their World Cup races at Whistler, Canada, on Monday.
The only remaining airworthy Avro Anson from World War 2 has been confirmed to fly at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow this Easter.
When people learn I've taken up open-water swimming, some immediately recoil, declaring it is something they could never do. I agree it's scary. But with practice, I'm learning to conquer it. Marjorie Cook reports.
Hunter-gatherer types will probably need little introduction to Haast helicopter pilot and hunter Dave Saxton, who deserves a few chapters in West Coast bush lore.
Police are investigating a violent home invasion incident in Wanaka when a man was attacked with a wheelbrace and demands were made for drugs and money.
The Department of Conservation has lifted the high alert for the Young Valley after rainstorm forecast for the Mt Aspiring National Park on Tuesday night was less intense than expected.
Intense rain predictions for today and tomorrow have caused the Department of Conservation to issue a "high alert" warning for the Young Valley landslip dam in the Mt Aspiring National Park.
Queenstown Lakes harbourmaster Marty Black is troubled by the number of people boating this summer without life jackets and in cheap inflatable boats.
Andi Regan's passion for spikey sunflower clocks and spiny sea creatures led to an unexpected obsession with plastic cable ties.
A group of Balclutha water-skiers failed narrowly in their bid to get 10 or more skiers up behind a single boat on Lake Hawea on Wednesday.
Three men rescued from a broken down, waterlogged boat in strong winds on Lake Wanaka early yesterday are now teasing each other about the stories they could tell on each other at Jared Clarke's engagement party in Dunedin tomorrow.
Senior Sergeant Allan Grindell, of Wanaka, is increasingly concerned about the behaviour of a man or men reported walking naked on Mt Iron or behaving indecently in town, and is keen to put a stop to the behaviour as soon as possible.
A new Upper Clutha charitable organisation, the Graham and Olive West Trust, is calling for grant applications and hopes to begin the first distribution from April 30.
A dog attack on a sheep has angered Angus Gordon, of Riverbank Rd, who said yesterday he had to cut the merino wether's throat because its hind leg had been "eaten out" and it was suffering.
