Wanaka's Wild South Film Festival will showcase some of the best natural history films around the world next week.
Alcohol was the main contributor to the majority of incidents dealt with by Wanaka police at the weekend, including an incident after two visitors in their 50s were evicted from a bar.
Wanaka reporter Marjorie Cook finds that Grahame Sydney's latest masterpiece is neither painted nor finished
Lake Hawea high-country farmer Richard Burdon doesn't feel depressed about the regional economy.
Wanaka businesswomen Cathie Davis and Pip Freeman exude a confidence born from a passion for chocolate, paper and things French.
Berl economist Dr Ganesh Nana is painting a grim picture of how Wanaka and Queenstown will fare in the aftermath of the recession.
There has been a drop of more than $25 million in the total value of building projects in the Queenstown Lakes District in the past nine months compared with the same period last year.
Cardrona deer farmer John Scurr walked away unscathed from a helicopter accident on Thursday evening and is now waiting for the Civil Aviation Authority investigation process to begin.
A proposed multimillion-dollar, 52-lot subdivision on the corner of Aubrey Rd and Outlet Rd, announced this week, will continue to provide public access to Sticky Forest, Hikuwai Reserve and the Clutha River outlet, project manager Brett Thomson says.
Queenstown lawyer Bryce Whiting has apologised for alleging the Queenstown Lakes District Council was "corrupt" in dealing with parties involved in an Environment Court mediation process.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council's decision to delay two major Wanaka capital projects worth a combined $21.5 million has earned a sharp rebuke from the the town's aquatic centre working party chairman, Leigh Stock.
A national campaign, which started in Wanaka, to stop supermarkets giving out plastic bags is touring the South Island.
More than 1000 mountain bikers will be converging on Central Otago on Anzac Day for long-distance events at Lake Hawea and Naseby.
What is 206 pages long but covers 355,54ha? The draft Mt Aspiring National Park Management Plan.
The Department of Conservation has allocated 122 sites for helicopter landings in Otago outside the Mt Aspiring National Park area.
Radio Wanaka breakfast host Wayne Johnson apologised on air yesterday morning for comments he made during a broadcast on Friday about a Wanaka mother who had concerns about a "white supreeemacy"-themed college after-party.
Central Otago's top athletes will be recognised at a function in Cromwell on April 17, to be attended by New Zealand surf lifesaving great Cory Hutchings.
Plastic bag campaigner Angus Ho (34), of Hong Kong, is a patient man.
The Mt Aspiring College "after-party committee" was forced to withdraw 180 party tickets yesterday after school principal Wayne Bosley received a complaint the words "white supreeemacy" (sic) were offensive.
Queenstown lawyer Bryce Whiting has accused the Queenstown Lakes District Council of being "secretive", "corrupt" and "undemocratic" in its processing of a district plan change that could allow a large apartment block to be built in Thompson St.