Warbirds wins people’s choice award for a 2nd time
Warbirds wins people’s choice award for a 2nd time
The 2024 Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow has been crowned New Zealand’s favourite event for the second time.
Marjorie Cook
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Sports field concerns aired
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Sports field concerns aired
Muddy, unplayable grounds led to a procession of Wānaka sports officials roundly criticising sports field upgrade deferrals at a council hearing yesterday.
Wanaka teenagers retain titles
Wanaka teenagers retain titles
New Zealand’s champion biathletes for 2024 are Wanaka teens Baxter Pollard, 17, and Nico Pettit, 16, who successfully defended their 2023 titles at the weekend.
New building welcomed with snowfall
New building welcomed with snowfall
The weather gods delivered 12cm of snow to the Pisa Range yesterday during the Snow Farm’s official opening of its new base building.
Friends’ all-weather golf dream teeing off in town
Friends’ all-weather golf dream teeing off in town
A snow day can still be a go day for Wānaka golfers, thanks to a start-up golfing simulator business created by three men united by their love for the sport and a friendship extending back two...
Entrepreneur off to Brazil to build skills
Entrepreneur off to Brazil to build skills
Alexis-Sofia Harvey-Wills’ head was whirling with colourful possibilities for her future when she learned this week she had won a trip to Brazil to study business.
Mount Iron reserve plan progressing
Mount Iron reserve plan progressing
The draft Mount Iron reserve management plan is another step closer to completion but it will be December before the plan is heard.
Sizable waiting list for affordable housing in town
Sizable waiting list for affordable housing in town
There are 235 households waiting for affordable housing in Wānaka, making up about 20% of the 1300 households on Queenstown Lakes district’s waiting list.
Rules to protect priority landscapes back on table
Rules to protect priority landscapes back on table
Just when a long-running debate over proposed district plan (PDP) schedules for Upper Clutha priority landscapes appeared to have been resolved, it is back on the drawing board.
Anniversary of rescue marked with ski trip
Anniversary of rescue marked with ski trip
It's been 11 years since Toby Kravet, 83, of Hawaii, spent a lonely, cold night on Treble Cone with two broken legs wondering if he would die before he was rescued.
Welcoming Communities draft plan embraced by board
Welcoming Communities draft plan embraced by board
Wanaka greeted the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s Welcoming Communities draft plan with open arms and hearts last week.
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Council will ‘accept’ Sticky Forest decision
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Council will ‘accept’ Sticky Forest decision
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is not appealing the Environment Court rezoning decision that opens the way for about 150 houses on 19 hectares of Sticky Forest, in Wānaka.
Forest ownership story far from over
Forest ownership story far from over
The Sticky Forest ownership story has been a "slow burn".
Mustering up another great Merino Muster
Mustering up another great Merino Muster
Team entries are back for the 2024 Merino Muster on August 31 and early-bird prices have been frozen in place.
Highlands moves to improve NZ road safety
Highlands moves to improve NZ road safety
The Highlands Motorsports Park team are driven to move the needle on road deaths in New Zealand.
Triumph for Alexandra on the ice
Triumph for Alexandra on the ice
The Alexandra Curling Club is this year’s Curling at Altitude champion, emerging triumphant after a day of games in below-freezing temperatures on the Southern Hemisphere Proving Ground (SHPG) ice...
Bremner Bay crib auctioned for $2.7m
Bremner Bay crib auctioned for $2.7m
A humble 46-year-old holiday home in the sought-after but tightly held Bremner Bay was sold at public auction on Saturday for $2.7 million, about 17% above rateable valuation of $2.3m.
Council endorses plans to diversify economy for future
Council endorses plans to diversify economy for future
An economic diversification plan has been endorsed by the Queenstown Lakes District Council, against a background of concerns that emerged during the 2020 Covid pandemic.
Artist finds inspiration on Campbell Island
Artist finds inspiration on Campbell Island
Last summer, Wānaka artist Chrissy Wickes was part of a small team monitoring a breeding population of the majestic southern royal albatross on the subantarctic Moutere Ihupuku/Campbell Island...
Sticky Forest ownership story far from over
Sticky Forest ownership story far from over
The Sticky Forest ownership story has been a "slow burn".