A plan change governing development at Wanaka Airport was approved by the Queenstown Lakes District Council strategy committee this week, paving the way for the council to call for public submissions.
Tomorrow, marathon runner Mal Law, of Auckland, will embark on a week of hurt as he begins his 7 in 7 Challenge through the Queenstown Lakes district, aiming to raise $150,000 for the Leukaemia and Blood Foundation.
A concrete block home in the centre of Wanaka valued at $4.22 million has been put on the market.
Visual effects and effects on the character of the landscape, however, are significant when viewed from parts of the Millennium Walkway and from viewpoints on the surface of Lake Wanakaplanner Andrew Henderson
The Queenstown Lakes District Council hopes a High Court hearing on Monday will settle a preliminary issue regarding public access to Kidds Bush, on Lake Hawea, over the summer before it argues for more substantive access rights to Meads Rd at a court hearing next year.
Frisbee fans say a disc golf course at Lismore Park in Wanaka will better utilise the massive reserve, despite opposition from the Wanaka Residents Association, which claims the pursuit is too sporty.
A company wanting to start a water ball tourist business on Lake Wanaka will first have to demonstrate the operation to the satisfaction of the Wanaka Community Board, it was decided on Tuesday.
The dilapidated McKay St jetty on Lake Wanaka is to be sold by tender on the open market, although the Wanaka Community Board is not confident anyone wants to buy the unusable structure.
Newly elected Wanaka Community Board members have reacted sharply to the Queenstown Lakes District Council's decision to remove them from standing committees and reduce their salaries.
The dilapidated McKay St jetty should be tendered on the open market, demolished or upgraded, the Wanaka Community Board has been advised by Lakes Property Services.
Haast residents re-enacted one of their finest hours at the weekend, with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Haast Pass road to Otago.
Multisporters have come out of hibernation and signed up to Central Otago's first 24-hour adventure race since 2008.
Licence applications for a water ball activity on Lake Wanaka and a disc frisbee attraction on Lismore Park will come before today's Wanaka Community Board meeting.
Anglers overcame the challenge of fishing in windy conditions at the weekend to enjoy good catches at the annual Lake Hawea Hotel fishing competition.
Two years of woolly growth was removed from Shrek the famous sheep yesterday as the merino wether once again stumped up for charity and a book launch.
When the men who worked on the Haast Pass road were reunited with their machines at the Haast-Otago Road 50th anniversary last Saturday, five decades peeled away and, for one day, they were in their 20s again. Marjorie Cook reports.
Challenge Wanaka has chosen the Upper Clutha Children's Medical Trust as the beneficiary of its volunteer programme for the January 15 long-distance triathlon (3.8km swim, 180km bike, 42.2km run).
Lakes Environmental regulatory and corporate manager Lee Webster is comfortable with the steps the Wanaka Caltex petrol station is taking to minimise the noise from its new drive-through car wash.
A few Wanaka rocks are still without Finn Fairbairn's fingerprints on them, so the Mount Aspiring College pupil intends to do something about that this summer as he prepares for the world youth championships in Austria next year.
A proposed transport museum for Haast will have as its first focus the story of a bulldozer trip from Paringa to Haast in 1954 that still resonates with road workers.
