Cook Islands mission for Wastebusters
Cook Islands mission for Wastebusters
Garth Falconer’s company Reset Urban Design has worked on designs for many national and international projects.
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Art not exempt from inflation
Art not exempt from inflation
Lizzie Thomas is a practising artist who works under her own name as well as the moniker ellaquaint.
Feijoa fanatic traces juicy fruit’s history
Feijoa fanatic traces juicy fruit’s history
Science writer Kate Evans sometimes thinks she is "just a weirdo with an inane sense of interesting and sometimes too tangential".
A warmer, windier Wānaka predicted
A warmer, windier Wānaka predicted
What Wānaka’s weather could be like in the future, and its impact on the environment and people, will be top of mind when the Wao Aotearoa Summit 2024 launches next week at Rippon Hall.
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Weather challenges to be explored
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Weather challenges to be explored
New national climate data forecasts that between now and 2099, the weather in Wānaka will become increasingly warmer and windier.
Hempcrete in spotlight
Hempcrete in spotlight
Wānaka start-up businesswoman Tanya Simmonds is delighted with the uptake in interest in hemp building materials, six months after she imported a hempcrete processing plant from Australia and set...
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Entering agreement with Willowridge floated
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Entering agreement with Willowridge floated
Behind closed doors the Queenstown Lakes District Council will consider entering into a commercial agreement with developer Alan Dippie’s company Willowridge.
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Making high fashion accessible
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Pair in bid to make high fashion accessible
Wānaka fashion designer Claire O’Connell has forged a partnership with New Zealand fashion icon Liz Mitchell to help launch her start-up business model that aims to bring high couture to the streets.
Mt Iron draft plan consultation taken to people
Mt Iron draft plan consultation taken to people
About 300 people each spend about 90 minutes walking Mt Iron every day.
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Wānaka hospital developer undeterred
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Wānaka hospital developer undeterred
A hospital developer remains undeterred about building Wānaka’s first hospital at Three Parks, despite not making the government’s final list of fast-track projects.
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After-hours acute care starts after two-year gap
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After-hours acute care starts after two-year gap
Central Otago health leaders are celebrating the opening of Wānaka’s new overnight acute services.
Wānaka's new after-hours medical centre opens
Wānaka's new after-hours medical centre opens
Central Otago health leaders celebrated the opening of Wānaka’s new overnight acute services on Monday.
Strong results from club at LA event
Strong results from club at LA event
Wānaka brown belt jiu jitsu exponent Delwyn Moller has joined the tribe of world champions, after winning her women’s masters 6 category at the World Masters International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu...
Development chosen for fast-track Bill
Development chosen for fast-track Bill
Six years after Wānaka developers Steve Schikker and Peter Greene announced a proposed mixed-use commercial development at the foot of Mount Iron, the project has been selected by the government...
‘A natural on skis’
‘A natural on skis’
Extreme mountain athlete Eva Small, 14, of Lake Hāwea, has been following in her parents’ ski and bike tracks since she was a toddler.
PSO sells rest-home; others still on market
PSO sells rest-home; others still on market
Presbyterian Support Otago has sold one of its Wanaka rest-homes, Aspiring Enliven in Cardrona Valley Rd, to its neighbour and joint venture partner, Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village.
Wānaka businesses seriously damaged in blaze
Wānaka businesses seriously damaged in blaze
Police are investigating after two Wānaka businesses were seriously damaged in a blaze that started in a wheelie bin on Sunday evening.
Skip fire that spread to building 'suspicious'
Skip fire that spread to building 'suspicious'
A suspicious rubbish skip and building fire at Pembroke Mall in Wānaka will be investigated, a Fire and Emergency communications shift manager says.
Person 'critically' hurt in Crown Range Rd crash
Person 'critically' hurt in Crown Range Rd crash
One person has been flown to Christchurch Hospital in a critical condition following a two-vehicle crash on the Crown Range Road.
Group calls to fast-track new bridge
Group calls to fast-track new bridge
Replacing the single-lane Albert Town bridge on State Highway 6 with a two-lane bridge is high on the agenda for the community but low on the horizon for roading authorities.