Volunteers seeking support for town centre plan
After 20 years of big idea, plans and meetings but no action over the development of Wanaka’s town centre, a group of residents has come together to drive the project forward.
Marjorie Cook
Rare ‘Smeagol’ sea slug found
Rare ‘Smeagol’ sea slug found
A team of Canterbury University scientists have discovered a very rare and slimy "gravel maggot" named "Smeagol".
Rare ‘Smeagol’ slug found in reserve
Rare ‘Smeagol’ slug found in reserve
Marine ecology researchers are delighted to have discovered a slimy creature called "Smeagol" has been secretly living in soggy South Westland.
Group calls for airport committee
Group calls for airport committee
A Wānaka Airport liaison committee is overdue and badly needed, a lobby group from the town says. The Wānaka Stakeholders Group (WSG) is urging the Wānaka Community Board, the Queenstown Lakes...
Arguments over planned $20m Wanaka home heard
Arguments over planned $20m Wanaka home heard
Arguments for and against a proposed $20 million, mostly subterranean, home in Wānaka have been presented to independent resource consent commissioners.
Winds thwart Nasa's Wanaka balloon launch
Winds thwart Nasa's Wanaka balloon launch
Nasa's planned super pressure balloon launch from Wanaka Airport has been cancelled for today.
Winds thwart Nasa's Wanaka balloon launch
Winds thwart Nasa's Wanaka balloon launch
Nasa's planned super pressure balloon launch from Wanaka Airport has been cancelled for today.
New Year’s visitors report sexual harm
New Year’s visitors report sexual harm
Despite a belief sexual assault "won’t happen" in Wanaka, it does, a community support worker says.
Kiwi mascot joining Nasa trip
Kiwi mascot joining Nasa trip
A kiwi soft toy has entered the space race and will be soaring 33.5km high into the stratosphere on a Nasa super-pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport.
Thiel’s mansion plan knocked back, but another recommended
Thiel’s mansion plan knocked back, but another recommended
An American billionaire’s mega house in Wanaka has been given the thumbs down by Queenstown Lakes District Council planners.
Thiel’s mansion plan knocked back, but another recommended
Thiel’s mansion plan knocked back, but another recommended
An American billionaire’s mega house in Wanaka has been given the thumbs down by Queenstown Lakes District Council planners.
Nasa tests this week, for launch next week
Nasa tests this week, for launch next week
It might look like a giant bird nest of cables and tin foil, but fingers crossed by next week Nasa’s super pressure balloon and gondola will have been transformed into something of stratospheric...
Eye on future as local body elections approach
Eye on future as local body elections approach
With local body elections approaching on October 8, Wanaka’s elected representatives are mulling over their futures in public service.
Hundreds farewell ambulance officer
Hundreds farewell ambulance officer
Steve and Mei Lian Dickey were joined by hundreds of people from NZ and Wanaka’s sailing and emergency services communities to mourn their son, Sean Dickey, who died in a road accident in Christchurch.
Retirement living demand driving expansion
Retirement living demand driving expansion
Retirement living is booming in Wanaka.
Complaints about earth pile, sediment run-off continue
Complaints about earth pile, sediment run-off continue
Efforts to ramp up protection for Bullock Creek in Wanaka are under way, but complaints about earth-moving activities and sediment discharges continue to flow.
Pupil’s speech on local serviceman, at two memorial services
Pupil’s speech on local serviceman, at two memorial services
Zoe Learmonth (15), of Wanaka, was shoulder-tapped by her mother’s work colleague to speak at both the Wanaka and Tarras Anzac Day services yesterday.
Wanaka Airport development not QAC purview
Wanaka Airport development not QAC purview
If there is any potential for Wanaka Airport development, that must be a council-led conversation, Queenstown Airport Corporation’s (QAC) new chief executive Glen Sowry confirmed last week.
Metlifecare building $200m retirement village in Wanaka
Metlifecare building $200m retirement village in Wanaka
Wanaka retirement options are set to increase significantly, major retirement village provider Metlifecare having just announced it will build a $200million premium retirement village at Three Parks.
Nasa to send another balloon from South to stratosphere
Nasa to send another balloon from South to stratosphere
Nasa’s science balloon team is back in Wanaka.