Chathams workhorse flies into retirement
Chathams workhorse flies into retirement
A 65yo fast-flying aircraft that was a lifeline for the Chatham Islands has been retired and put on display at the National Transport and Toy Museum.
Marjorie Cook
Chathams workhorse flies into retirement
Chathams workhorse flies into retirement
A fast-flying, 65-year-old Convair aircraft and former lifeline for the Chatham Island economy has been retired to Wanaka and is now on display at the National Transport and Toy Museum, near Luggate.
NZ snowsports Olympians enjoy warm Wanaka welcome
NZ snowsports Olympians enjoy warm Wanaka welcome home and parade
Wanaka turned on the sunshine yesterday as the nation’s Winter Olympians, Winter Paralympians, and other top snow sports athletes paraded through town in a celebration of their homecoming from the...
Horse safety at heart of fencing upgrade
Horse safety at heart of fencing upgrade
New plastic rails have arrived at the Cromwell racecourse, reducing the chance of injuries for horses racing around the 150-year-old track.
Tougher sediment fines needed: F&G
Tougher sediment fines needed: F&G
Resource management laws should be amended to increase infringement fines for sediment discharges, as an incentive for property owners to do the right thing by Wanaka waterways, the Otago Fish &...
Top Central Otago honour to Sadowski-Synnott
Top Central Otago honour to Sadowski-Synnott
Wanaka golden girl Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has won Central Otago’s supreme sports award.
Volunteers seeking support for town centre plan
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.
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.