St John ambulance services at Queenstown and Wanaka were under pressure on Saturday attending emergency call-outs and covering major events involving tens of thousands of people.
The weather gods smiled on the 72nd Upper Clutha A and P Show yesterday, with hundreds of stallholders, equestrians and members of the public enjoying warm, calm weather.
Competition, education and entertainment are on the programme of the two-day 72nd Upper Clutha Agricutural and Pastoral Association Show which begins today.
Wanaka's 20-year-old Catholic Church has been sold, along with an adjoining property, for an amount believed to be about $4.5 million.
Beating depression requires commitment, effort and strength - all the characteristics of a marathon runner, Cardrona farmer and mother-of-three Anne Scurr says.
The late Morgan Saxton's appeal against conviction and sentence for stealing greenstone will continue beyond the grave, after the Court of Appeal yesterday used its discretion to grant his mother, Denise Moana Saxton, the right to continue arguing his case.
Wanaka triathlete Simone Maier won the women's 25-29 age group race at the Bonita New Zealand Ironman in Taupo on Saturday, qualifying her to compete in October's world championships at Kona, Hawaii.
Mountain biking is the new golf for Wanaka man Keith Broadhead (70), who became hooked on pedal power three years ago after surviving two heart attacks.
When the 500-strong field of mountain-bikers lines up on the Lake Hawea dam at 7am today for the start of the inaugural 125km Contact Epic mountain-bike race, multisport great Steve Gurney will be there.
Entries have already opened for the 2009 Contact Epic Round Lake Hawea mountain bike ride and race.
Contact Energy has devised a draft plan for developing and landscaping the Lake Hawea foreshore, with the majority of projects to be completed by May 2010.
Many fingers were making quick work of a rose-themed quilt in Wanaka this week in a bid to raise money for the Australian bushfire relief fund.
Wanaka police yesterday seized two firearms and a firearms licence, in two unrelated activities conducted on behalf of the Otago district firearms office in Dunedin.
No further information has come to light in the ongoing investigation into Haast pilot Morgan Saxton's helicopter accident in Lake Wanaka in November last year, and any report was still likely to be "many months away", Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigator Peter Williams said yesterday.
Lake Wanaka Tourism's new general manager is James Helmore, of Queenstown.
A group of brightly-clad children rode to Wanaka Primary School, after breakfast yesterday, to mark Bike Wise month.
The Otago Regional Council today hosts the first of two public meetings to discuss the possibility of imposing minimum water flow restrictions on the Lindis River, a catchment it says is "seriously over-allocated".
Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park manager Gordon Martin yesterday launched a campaign to drum up support for retaining the camping ground in the centre of town.
The Upper Clutha Environmental Society president Julian Haworth has taken steps to have the organisation restored to the incorporated societies register by the end of the month, following what he described as "a silly, administrative stuff-up".
Alex Dodds returned to John McGlashan College this month with countless hours of summer triathlon training under his belt.
