Mark Price

The public is being asked to give a pair of endangered native falcons near Albert Town a little bit of space to bring up their newborn chick.

Tributes poured on to Facebook pages yesterday for Alaskan tramper Nicole Leman (24), who died after a fall in the Mt Aspiring National Park on Wednesday.

Wanaka police are waiting for information from Alaska before releasing the name of the 24-year-old woman who died on Rabbit Pass in Mt Aspiring National Park on Wednesday.

Look after your feet and keep up your nutrition.

Strong westerly winds brought a tree down on State Highway 6 near Wanaka Airport this afternoon, causing delays for motorists.

The driver of a car that crashed into and knocked over a wooden power pole and then burst into flames on the Lindis Pass Highway just before 2pm yesterday is believed by police to have fallen asleep at the wheel.

An aircraft with links to one of the most fanciful vehicles ever to land in the Antarctic is being restored at Wanaka Airport.

Crews are again unable to get on to Fox Glacier to continue the recovery operation after a helicopter crash which killed seven people at the weekend, but are hoping for better conditions tomorrow.

Two Wanaka couples with caravans were the first through the gate yesterday morning when the controversial road to the Kidds Bush camping ground, next to Lake Hawea, reopened.

New Zealand duck-calling champion Hunter Morrow (17) is ''like a pig in muck'' this week, according to his mother Tracey.

The group proposing a watersports building for the Lake Wanaka foreshore has applied for resource consent.