Waita River's coastal tides have ruled Barbara McAlpine's life for two decades but the West Coast whitebaiting identity has called time on her sojourn by the sea.
Dunedin swimmer Cameron McMahon loves long-distance freestyle events and is champing at the bit for a quick start for his family team in the Challenge Wanaka long-distance triathlon today.
Home-town athletes loom as major contenders in Wanaka's big short-race triathlon today.
Challenge Wanaka's defending champions, Marc Pschebizin, of Germany, and Gina Ferguson, of Christchurch, are hoping to repeat their record-breaking performances of last year when they cross the finish line today.
Out on Lake Wanaka is where Lake Hawea sailor Ken Urquhart (53) performs his best.
Olympians Bevan Docherty and Kris Gemmell will not be racing in Triathlon New Zealand's Contact Cup races in Wanaka tomorrow, stating they do not want to be beaten by their fired-up junior New Zealand team-mates.
Wanaka professional triathlete Merryn Johnston (31) is a home-town favourite in the Challenge Wanaka long-distance triathlon on Saturday
Wanaka freeskier Byron Wells (16) has been invited to compete in the Winter X Games in the US this year, where he will join older brother Jossi.
The Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Festival opened in Wanaka yesterday with perfect conditions favouring the first Puzzling World Junior Challenge Wanaka.
Auckland tramper Irina Yun (36) has not been found, despite an intensive search yesterday of the Dart River and gorge near Dart Hut by police and Wanaka LandSAR volunteers.
Russian paraglider Pavel Bulgakov (31) was found safe and well yesterday in a remote valley near Treble Cone in the Matukituki Valley, after police and Wanaka Landsar were advised the man did not come home on Saturday night.
In 35 years of operating diggers, Peter "Squeak'' Shields of Haast had never thought he would be asked to shift a glacier.
Finding a mountain guide in Wanaka is easy. Marjorie Cook climbed two flights of stairs in Ardmore St, negotiated a corridor, and summitted in the sun-filled office of Aspiring Guides.
Wanaka hosts round three of Triathlon New Zealand's Contact Tri Series next Friday, with Bevan Docherty and Nicky Samuels the main drawcards.
In 35 years of operating diggers, Paul Shields, of Haast, had never thought he would be asked to shift a glacier.
"So you want to climb Mt Aspiring"- You are spoilt for choice.
Fox Glacier made for grim viewing yesterday for tourists, search and rescue volunteers and the media as the enormity of the ice fall that killed Australian brothers Ashish (24) and Akshay (22) Miranda on Thursday sunk in.
When elderly dog Billie got into difficulties swimming in Lake Wanaka on Monday, one of the town's rising swimming stars, Gus Evans (14), was on hand.
A Russian and English language speaker is being sought by Wanaka police to help them translate the diary of Auckland tramper Irina Yun (36)
The grateful family of an ageing dog that got tangled up in buoys in Lake Wanaka on Monday want to acknowledge the help they received from a teenager they only know as Gus.