Marjorie Cook

The Wanaka Rowing Club has erected profile poles to show how big its proposed clubhouse might be if built on the lakeside reserve at the end of MacDougall St.

Wanaka volunteer Nikki Heath (39) has found a moment to put her feet up, now Wanaka's earthquake drop-in centre has shut its doors.

Charity walkers Shalane Hopkins and Alexandra Ward had been tent neighbours at a campsite at Broome, Australia, for just four days when they decided they wanted to spend the next seven months together, tramping the length of New Zealand.

The new owner of 93 Ardmore St, Wanaka, intends to build a multi-level commercial building on the site and is seeking prospective tenants.

Wanaka's new sport climbing club, Wanaka Cliffhangers, will host the first round of the New Zealand National Cup competition at Clip 'N Climb Basecamp Wanaka Climbing Centre on April 2-3.

Prices held up well at the Central Otago Stud Merino Breeders sale at the Upper Clutha A and P Show in Wanaka this month, with the average price $1925, just above the average set at the Tekapo sale two weeks ago of $1900 and well above last year's average of about $1800.

A Wanaka man was last night being assessed by medical staff for injuries received when he was knocked unconscious in a single-vehicle crash on Maungawera Hill on State Highway 6, between Wanaka and Lake Hawea.

Developers are accused of being "selfish" and "wasting time" in seeking a judicial review of resource consents that enabled the Otago Regional Council to build part of a walking track along the boundary of their privately owned land and a lakeside reserve.

When the going gets tough, you find out who your friends are.

Country, town and city folk united at the 74th annual Upper Clutha A and P Show in Wanaka yesterday, with Christchurch earthquake evacuees joining hundreds of Central Otago locals to enjoy a wide range of exhibits and trade stalls.

At the leading rein event at any agricultural and pastoral show, the Best in Parade award goes to a mother or father whose young rider can sit quietly in the saddle of a calm pony. The competition can be fierce, and so it was at the Upper Clutha A and P Show on Saturday.

Two weeks ago, Queenstown woman Akiko Hirata (27) was being rung by her Tokyo family, asking if she was all right after Christchurch's earthquake.

PGG Wrightson will support wool growers in putting together another capital-raising bid to form a new marketing co-operative, George Gould said in an interview with the ODT at the Upper Clutha A and P Show on Friday.

The national Air Force Museum at Wigram, Christchurch, this week came to the rescue of thousands of items of Wanaka-based aviation memorabilia that were left without a home following the closure of the New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum on February 28.

Hundreds of Jack Russell terriers are converging on Wanaka's A and P Show this week to compete in one of the town's most popular spectator sports, and Tuck (3), of Wanaka, will be among them.

Time was definitely not up for Christchurch grandmother Judy Hadfield (74) during the city's earthquake two weeks ago.

Wanaka volunteers and social service agencies have set up an Earthquake Support Drop-in Centre in Brownston St to cater for families who have evacuated to the resort following the Christchurch earthquake.