Ice queen: Armstrong best in world age group
Ice queen: Armstrong best in world age group
Wanaka has a new age-group world champion in ice swimmer Rachel Armstrong.
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NZ Paragliding Open ‘most exciting, successful’ in 10-20 years
NZ Paragliding Open ‘most exciting, successful’ in 10-20 years
Long Gully Station became the Tarras International Paragliding Airport last week, as more than 70 pilots from around the world made it their main launch site for the New Zealand Paragliding Open.
On top form: Maier’s exceptional year
On top form: Maier’s exceptional year
Wānaka adventure racer and defending Coast to Coast champion Simone Maier is still coming to terms with her "new normal" as a double world champion.
Last Wanaka development sections to go on sale
Last Wanaka development sections to go on sale
A temperature reading on the Wanaka real estate market will be taken this weekend.
Last Wānaka development sections to go on sale
Last Wānaka development sections to go on sale
A temperature reading on the Wānaka real estate market will be taken this weekend.
Keeping cool
Keeping cool
French visitor Elsa Picq keeps cool in Lake Wānaka as the hot stretch of weather continued for yet another day yesterday.
Hotel guru lands key business role
Hotel guru lands key business role
Christchurch-born business leader Glenn Peat will put 30 years of global hotel management experience to good use as Ignite Wanaka Chamber of Commerce's new GM.
Bringing a wealth of experience to new feasibility studies role
Bringing a wealth of experience to new feasibility studies role
Damian Spring was the kind of child who always kept an eye out for a nice rock.
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Full working gold mine in planning stages
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Full working gold mine in planning stages
The Bendigo Reefs area at the Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project in Central Otago once blessed 19th-century miners with high-grade gold.
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Feedback sought for future of Wanaka's town centre
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Feedback sought for future of Wanaka's town centre
As questions linger over a vision for Wanaka’s town centre, the community is being asked to get on board and have its say.
Hotel guru settles for ‘awesome’ Wanaka
Hotel guru settles for ‘awesome’ Wanaka
Glenn Peat hopes to put his 30 years of experience in international hotel management to good use as Ignite Wanaka Chamber of Commerce’s general manager.
Hotel extension to include 21 new rooms
Hotel extension to include 21 new rooms
Wanaka town centre intensification plans continue, with the 47-room Wanaka Hotel preparing to build two extensions containing 21 guest rooms and two retail spaces.
Big brand hotel for Wanaka
Big brand hotel for Wanaka
An estimated $200 million hotel, winery and retail complex could become the first to carry a big-name international hotel brand in Wanaka.
Big brand hotel for Wanaka
Big brand hotel for Wanaka
An estimated $200 million hotel, winery and retail complex could become the first to carry a big-name international hotel brand in Wanaka.
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Frustration over Wanaka hotel consent process
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Frustration over Wanaka hotel consent process
A developer has questioned public notification for his proposed 143-room hotel complex, with retail spaces and residential units in Wanaka’s town centre.
Traffic movements on Ardmore St, Wanaka
Traffic movements on Ardmore St, Wanaka
A Developer has questioned public notification for his proposed 143-room hotel complex, with retail spaces and residential units in Wanaka’s town centre.
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Site of first school commemorated
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Site of first school commemorated
The location of European settlers’ first Wanaka school site, in Templeton St, Albert Town, has been formally acknowledged with a plaque.
Daily dip done: 365th cold plunge for mates
Daily dip done: 365th cold plunge for mates
Lake Wakatipu’s daily dippers have done it - and now they have focused their minds on another challenge.
Black SUV seen leaving billionaire's property shortly after fire
Black SUV seen leaving billionaire's property shortly after fire
People were reportedly spotted leaving a US billionaire’s property in a black Range Rover just moments after a controversial New Year’s Eve pyrotechnics display allegedly started a large hillside scrub fire near Queenstown.
Party-goers welcome new year across region
Party-goers welcome new year across region
Thousands gathered at the Wanaka and Queenstown lakefronts for the return of New Year’s Eve festivities and fireworks.