Queenstown Lakes Mayor Clive Geddes embarked on one of his more adventurous ribbon-cutting assignments yesterday, stepping on to the roof of a building and . . . cutting the ribbon.
Tina Haslett is the new manager at Community Networks, Wanaka. Photo by Marjorie Cook
Wanaka residents face challenging times as they continue to cope with the pressures of the economic recession, but businesswoman Tina Haslett is keen to help people tackle them head-on.
Ms Haslett is just one week into her new job as Community Networks manager, replacing former manager Shirley Boyes.
Lakes Environmental planner Christian Martin says a 52-lot residential subdivision on land off Aubrey and Outlet Rds should be refused.
Norman Donald made his mark in Wanaka within two years of his 2001 arrival by lodging a tongue-in-cheek application to set up a brothel in the resort in response to liquor licensing changes.
A charitable trust chaired by Queenstown lawyer Tom Pryde has been formed to run next year's Challenge Wanaka Triathlon Festival from January 10 to 16.
St Columba's Church community house project group will hold two public meetings next Wednesday to gauge support and obtain feedback.
The success of recent environmental initiatives has Wanaka's greenies fizzing with enthusiasm this week.
Road work crews spent all day yesterday clearing rock slips from the Crown Range Rd caused by heavy rain.
Wanaka triathlete John Mezger has launched a new series of mountain bike races for people who like to go uphill.
Two high-profile United States snowboarders - one understood to be a Winter Olympic silver medallist - have been arrested in Wanaka and charged with possessing cannabis.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council has received a good response from the public on the proposed extension of the Wanaka industrial zone on to rural general land between Frederick St and Gordon Rd.
Alpine skiers don't just get "a little bit upset" if they miss the race quota, Wellington lawyer David Howden says.
Heavy snow over the weekend disrupted skifield operations at Treble Cone Ski Area and hampered motorists attempting to travel through the Lindis Pass or to Milford Sound.
Wanaka businessman Sir Tim Wallis lent his support to the West Coast tourist attraction Shantytown.
Ian Brodie, founding curator of the New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum, is taking up a new position as media and communications manager at the Hobbiton tourist attraction at Matamata, near Hamilton.
Physiotherapist Emma Kingan loves Wanaka's "boom or bust" lifestylers and admits to sharing similar characteristics to her clients.
Wanaka receives a blast from the past next month with the return of extreme mountain snow sports promoter and former Wanaka resident Tony Harrington and his World Heli Challenge.
Historic mining rights and the Criffel Irrigation Scheme were the main agenda items at the Otago Regional Council's water plan change hearing in Luggate yesterday.
New Zealand's renowned sister entertainment act, the Topp Twins, will open and perform at the Upper Clutha A and P Show in Wanaka next March.
The show is the South Island's second largest agricultural exhibition.
Poetry is all about balancing the private persona with performing in public, Dunedin poet and 2008 Otago University Burns Fellow Sue Wootton says.