Physio wins place in top leadership course
Physio wins place in top leadership course
Physiotherapist Emma Kingan loves Wanaka's "boom or bust" lifestylers and admits to sharing similar characteristics to her clients.
Marjorie Cook
Heli event returns to Wanaka
Heli event returns to Wanaka
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.
Irrigation scheme discussed
Irrigation scheme discussed
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.
Topp Twins to open show
Topp Twins to open show
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.
Versed in poetic expression
Versed in poetic expression
Poetry is all about balancing the private persona with performing in public, Dunedin poet and 2008 Otago University Burns Fellow Sue Wootton says.
Support for reserve plan to proceed
Support for reserve plan to proceed
A management plan for Albert Town's largest reserve should be available for public comment later this year, with Queenstown Lakes District Council staff hoping it can be adopted by December.
Much work remains on plan
Much work remains on plan
The Mt Aspiring National Park management plan hearings finished in Wanaka yesterday and the Department of Conservation hearings panel now faces processing dozens of suggested amendments
Here comes the snow king
Here comes the snow king
Snowboarder Carl Murphy grins as he recalls the moment he was named 2009 emerging talent at the recent Snow Sports New Zealand annual awards evening.
Helicopter companies seek glacier landing
Helicopter companies seek glacier landing
Four Wanaka helicopter companies are united in seeking a new landing concession on the upper Volta Glacier in the Mt Aspiring National Park, in a bid to boost Wanaka tourism.
Need to cover safety and emergency responses
Need to cover safety and emergency responses
Landsar Wanaka wants the Department of Conservation to include visitor safety and accident response policies in the Mt Aspiring National Park management plan.
Crown Range Rd to close for tour
Crown Range Rd to close for tour
The Drive New Zealand Classic Driving Tour has received the green light from the Wanaka Community Board for the exclusive use of the Crown Range Rd for three hours on October 18.
Busier year for searchers
Busier year for searchers
Wanaka-based search and rescue volunteers have attended 36 operations since July 1 last year, several of them among the more unusual or difficult situations dealt with in recent years.
Working on algae problem
Working on algae problem
A non-toxic, naturally occurring algae has been getting into Wanaka's drinking water system, prompting council officers to try to find ways to remove it at the intakes.
Car parking changes approved by board
Car parking changes approved by board
Public car park limits are about to change in an attempt to encourage turnover of lakeside car parks and push all-day parks further out from the centre of Wanaka township.
Losing toby could mean $200 fee
Losing toby could mean $200 fee
The inability of some Wanaka and Queenstown residents to locate their water toby may mean they face a $200 callout fee.
Aspiring musicians dominate awards
Aspiring musicians dominate awards
Mt Aspiring College musicians were a force to be reckoned with at the regional finals of the smokefreerockquest in Wanaka on Saturday night, taking home all but two prizes.
Accidents prompt police warnings
Accidents prompt police warnings
Police are warning motorists to keep the speed down and keep left after issuing about 15 tickets and attending two car crashes at the weekend.
Big-hearted publican farewelled in Wanaka
Big-hearted publican farewelled in Wanaka
West Coast publican and former Wanaka man David White (42) was remembered at his funeral in Wanaka yesterday as a big man with an even bigger heart and a "true friend and family man".
Bands set to rock township
Bands set to rock township
Today, some Central Otago teenagers will stop singing to their pillows and bedroom wall posters and give the performance of their lives before a big audience.
Whitewater-kayaking structures proposed
Whitewater-kayaking structures proposed
The public is being invited to comment on a proposal to build whitewater-kayaking structures in the Hawea River bed, along with the construction of a car park, access and toilet on Department of Conservation land at 173 Camphill Rd.