Charges laid after fatal car crash
A 17-year-old Wanaka youth has been arrested and charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death and two counts of dangerous driving causing injury.
Marjorie Cook
Mountain biking: Adrenaline junkie grandad keen for new challenge
Mountain biking: Adrenaline junkie grandad keen for new challenge
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.
Live machine guns for Warbirds
Live machine guns for Warbirds
Warbirds Over Wanaka spectators at Easter can expect a New Zealand-first exhibition in the form of a live and loud gun-firing demonstration from a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk.
Dad's visit bonus for story winner
Dad's visit bonus for story winner
Award-Winning writer Eleanor Adams (14), of Wanaka, has plenty of tales to tell but the best news of all yesterday was that her father, Quentin Adams, would be there.
No surprises over airshow cancellation
No surprises over airshow cancellation
The calling off of next week's Wings and Wheels Over Waikato Airshow has not surprised members of the Wanaka aviation community, who say they have long felt the competing event might not happen.
Jetty ready after initial problems
Jetty ready after initial problems
It is a case of better late than never for Lake Hawea boaties, who can begin using a new jetty that was supposed to be installed before Christmas.
Attendance, entries grow at successful show
Attendance, entries grow at successful show
The 71st Upper Clutha A & P Show was a resounding success, with organisers estimating the best attendance figures yet.
Juices flow but Key declines to chew the fat
Juices flow but Key declines to chew the fat
Up to 100 people waited for an hour at the Upper Clutha A and P Show in Wanaka yesterday to see National Party leader John Key open his mouth.
Boys found drunk in mall
Boys found drunk in mall
Three intoxicated teenage boys were picked up by Wanaka police from Spencer Mall in Dunmore St at 1.20pm on Saturday and returned to their parents, after a member of the public reported concerns about their condition.
Row over landfill heats up
Row over landfill heats up
Wanaka residents Jo Dippie and Angus Gordon are concerned a Riverbank Rd landfill that has been operating for several years without a resource consent may contain hazardous substances that could leach into Cardrona River underground aquifers.
Searchers not giving up hope
Searchers not giving up hope
There are only slim hopes that missing climber Alan Beck (49), a New Zealander living in Melbourne, has survived conditions on Mt Aspiring but searchers would continue to give him ‘‘their best shot'', Sergeant Aaron Nicholson said yesterday.
Climber's body found under ice
Climber's body found under ice
The body of Melbourne climber Alan Leslie Beck (49) was found by a search and rescue team yesterday, 15 metres under an ice slab on Mt Aspiring.
Shania shines at opening of track
Shania shines at opening of track
Canadian country music star Shania Twain eclipsed Prime Minister Helen Clark and Department of Conservation officials yesterday at a rare public appearance for the official opening of the new Motatapu Track and the Macetown Restoration Project.
Multisport: Allan hoping to stay out in front
Multisport: Allan hoping to stay out in front
Dunedin multisporter Dougal Allan (22) goes into the third and final day of the Goldrush Multisport race around Central Otago today hoping he can hold on to his lead.
Multisport: Battling first-timers keeping up the pace
Multisport: Battling first-timers keeping up the pace
Strong winds and hot temperatures have been dogging Team 503 of Wanaka but with one day to go in the three-day event, the members are already thinking about next time.
Multisport: Goldrush comes down to the wire
Multisport: Goldrush comes down to the wire
Multisport adventure race came down to the wire in the open women's and men's events in Alexandra yesterday, with the second-placed challengers opening the throttle and rattling the race leaders.
Shops keep Easter visitors guessing
Shops keep Easter visitors guessing
Visitors to Wanaka will have to wait to see if shops will be open for business tomorrow and on Sunday.
Rush of real estate inquiries expected at Easter
Rush of real estate inquiries expected at Easter
Talk of a recession and its predicted effect on the property market does not wash with Wanaka's real estate institute spokesman, Ross Rainsford, who said yesterday he was seeing little change in demand from purchasers.
Legal advice needed for report on landfill issues
Legal advice needed for report on landfill issues
Legal advice will be sought over the status of a privately operated Wanaka landfill as council officers dig deep into paperwork stretching back more than 20 years to resolve a stoush over resource consent compliance issues and ownership.
Legal advice needed for report on landfill issues
Legal advice needed for report on landfill issues
Legal advice will be sought over the status of a privately operated Wanaka landfill as council officers dig deep into paperwork stretching back more than 20 years to resolve a stoush over resource consent compliance issues and ownership.