Mountain biking is the new golf for Wanaka man Keith Broadhead (70), who became hooked on pedal power three years ago after surviving two heart attacks.
When the 500-strong field of mountain-bikers lines up on the Lake Hawea dam at 7am today for the start of the inaugural 125km Contact Epic mountain-bike race, multisport great Steve Gurney will be there.
Entries have already opened for the 2009 Contact Epic Round Lake Hawea mountain bike ride and race.
Contact Energy has devised a draft plan for developing and landscaping the Lake Hawea foreshore, with the majority of projects to be completed by May 2010.
Many fingers were making quick work of a rose-themed quilt in Wanaka this week in a bid to raise money for the Australian bushfire relief fund.
Wanaka police yesterday seized two firearms and a firearms licence, in two unrelated activities conducted on behalf of the Otago district firearms office in Dunedin.
No further information has come to light in the ongoing investigation into Haast pilot Morgan Saxton's helicopter accident in Lake Wanaka in November last year, and any report was still likely to be "many months away", Transport Accident Investigation Commission investigator Peter Williams said yesterday.
Lake Wanaka Tourism's new general manager is James Helmore, of Queenstown.
A group of brightly-clad children rode to Wanaka Primary School, after breakfast yesterday, to mark Bike Wise month.
The Otago Regional Council today hosts the first of two public meetings to discuss the possibility of imposing minimum water flow restrictions on the Lindis River, a catchment it says is "seriously over-allocated".
Wanaka Lakeview Holiday Park manager Gordon Martin yesterday launched a campaign to drum up support for retaining the camping ground in the centre of town.
The Upper Clutha Environmental Society president Julian Haworth has taken steps to have the organisation restored to the incorporated societies register by the end of the month, following what he described as "a silly, administrative stuff-up".
Alex Dodds returned to John McGlashan College this month with countless hours of summer triathlon training under his belt.
A working party responsible for a Wanaka town centre development strategy received a sharp rebuke from commercial jet-boat operator Simon Stewart yesterday for failing to consult him or his wife Danni over proposed changes to the waterfront.
This weekend, Central Otago adventure racers Mike Johnston and Sarah Clarke will take on spiders as big as feet and mosquitoes the size of small birds in their bid to complete the 300km Proyecto Aventura Ecuador race, Marjorie Cook reports.
Contractors who began removing a 1.4km section of the Glenfinnan flood protection works from the Matukituki River this month are making quick progress.
An old-fashioned map and ruler helped Bannockburn wine-growers Crawford and Catherine Brown pinpoint New Zealand's furthest point from the sea on Monday, satisfying a 12-year curiosity.
The Lake Hawea Holiday Park has been sold, with new owners Richard and Sarah Burdon taking over from founders the Cotter family in October.
Peter Hook's hackles might be raised over suggestions Wanaka's camping ground should close but he was all smiles yesterday as he discussed a $21.5 million sports facilities proposal with Wanaka Community Board member Dick Kane.
There has been a positive reception to Wanaka's new town centre development strategy released by a Queenstown Lakes District Council working party on Tuesday, but many questions still remain.