66 hit as Norovirus sweeps through town
66 hit as Norovirus sweeps through town
Sixty-six people in the Cardrona township fell ill with norovirus over a 15-day period in August and September.
Mark Price
Homeowner-generated electricity payment lower
Homeowner-generated electricity payment lower
Meridian Energy has revealed the size of the cut it intends making in payments for electricity generated by homeowners with photo voltaic panels on their roofs.
Cautious optimism advised
Cautious optimism advised
The Landcare Research scientist heading a study designed to reduce rabbit control costs is urging landowners to be patient after another winter of good results.
Place for cleansing spirit fills Chinese naming need
Place for cleansing spirit fills Chinese naming need
Wanaka is the latest tourist town to begin the process of becoming "China friendly". Lake Wanaka Tourism is searching for the everyday things that will enhance the experiences of Chinese tourists willing to venture beyond big city (and Queenstown) casinos. But, as Mark Price reports, the first thing a New Zealand tourist town needs to do is find its Chinese name.
Internet routed through the ether
Internet routed through the ether
Makarora Primary School and the Makarora community are expected to have been provided with a "fast wireless" broadband connection to the internet before the end of this school year.
Airport may get an upgrade
Airport may get an upgrade
The Queenstown Airport Authority has flagged the possibility of its Wanaka Airport being upgraded to allow for scheduled services by planes as large as Air New Zealand's 68-seat ATR short haul turboprop aircraft.
Complaint laid against officer
Complaint laid against officer
Wanaka police say they are investigating a driving complaint made against a Lakes Environmental animal control officer and that other matters have been referred to the officer's employer.
Fisherman criticises wharf fee
Fisherman criticises wharf fee
One of the crayfishermen who has been threatened with being trespassed from the Jackson Bay wharf, in south Westland, has hit out at Westland Property Ltd which is collecting overdue levies for the use of the wharf.
Manager named
Manager named
Former Radio Wanaka owner Ed Taylor has been appointed general manager of Warbirds Over Wanaka.
Jackson Bay plan soon
Jackson Bay plan soon
The first stage of a plan on how the tiny Westland settlement of Jackson Bay should be developed is expected to be completed within the next month.
Trespass notices may be served on wharf users
Trespass notices may be served on wharf users
Some commercial fishermen at the West Coast fishing port of Jackson Bay have been warned they could be trespassed from using the bay's "rickety" wharf.
Work on slip hill continues
Work on slip hill continues
It is likely to be next week before trucks begin to clear the slip blocking one lane of State Highway 6 south of Makarora.
Property developer advocates patience
Property developer advocates patience
"Patience" is what is required for property developers, according to Delta's joint venture partner in Luggate Park, Jim Boult.
Rescues after sub zero night
Rescues after sub zero night
Nine people who spent a night out in subzero temperatures on two of the mountains of the Mackenzie Country were rescued largely unharmed yesterday morning.
Wanaka paramedic silenced
Wanaka paramedic silenced
St John operations team manager in Wanaka, Don McMillan, has been silenced over the state of the town's ambulance service.
Chilling in snow cave for a month
Chilling in snow cave for a month
A Queenstown man is setting up today for a month of living in a snow cave on the Remarkables mountains.
Snow returns to skifields with bang, in a flash
Snow returns to skifields with bang, in a flash
Forked lightning and booming claps of thunder at the weekend woke many Wanaka residents and disrupted skifields, shutting one and stopping lifts at another.
SAR helicopter plan welcomed
SAR helicopter plan welcomed
Wanaka police are expecting more rapid response times under new helicopter search and rescue arrangements announced last month for the Southern Lakes region.
Sections were 'handed over' to settle debts
Sections were 'handed over' to settle debts
Retired Wanaka Presbyterian minister the Rev Catherine Little has deepened the mystery over the ownership of several "abandoned" sections at Cardrona that once belonged to Chinese miners.
If you're lost, hurt or waiting to be rescued, let there be light
If you're lost, hurt or waiting to be rescued, let there be light
"Take a light." That is the prime piece of advice offered to trampers, hunters and mountaineers by the man soon to be in charge of searching for those who get lost or injured in the Southern Lakes region.