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.
Haast's humble airstrip looked like an auction yard recently as 20 locals mucked in and extended the runway in preparation for one of the biggest community celebrations in a long time.
Wanaka's St Columba's Anglican Church is consulting the community and preparing a feasibility report for a community house to be built alongside the church on the corner of Upton and McDougall Sts.
The funeral of former Upper Clutha Rugby Club member and Central Otago cricketer David White will be held at the Wanaka Districts Club today at 3pm.
Wanaka mother Shelley Mitchell has decided not to appeal a Broadcasting Standards Authority decision that found Radio Wanaka did not act unfairly when it used her name in a broadcast item about a "white supreeemacy"-themed school ball after-party.
In what could prove to be a shot in the arm for the Wanaka construction industry, Wanaka retirement village developers Peter and Dee Gordon have joined forces with Arrow International founders Ron Anderson of Dunedin and Bob Foster of Christchurch, and Auckland company accountant Aaron Armstrong, to confirm the $70 million Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village is going ahead.
Hold the front page, again. The mantle of gloom over Wanaka last week has been replaced by a mantelpiece filled with dozens of rabbit skins and 120 beer bottles.
The New Zealand Mountain Film Festival gets under way in Wanaka this week, putting real-life outdoors adventure on the big screen.
Finlay Woods(15) is a young man of action rather than words.
It is unlikely any of the 32 unsecured creditors owed $73,943 by The Local (Wanaka) Ltd (in liquidation) will receive a payment, liquidator Trevor Laing, of Dunedin, says in a report to the Companies Office.
Wanaka's ability to host a world cup halfpipe snowboard event this year has been restored
Speed-riders barely take off, which only makes the landing more difficult.
Two abandoned 1012sq m sections near Cardrona village did not sell after tenders closed recently, although the Public Trust is willing to consider more offers, senior trust manager Dennis Robertson said.
A last-ditch effort was launched yesterday to convince town planners to build a new swimming pool in Wanaka within 10 years.
Timaru businessman Murray Cleverley has been appointed chairman of Warbirds Over Wanaka Community Trust, replacing Garth Hogan, of Wanaka, who has retired.
Wanaka swimmers' dreams of a new $11.5 million aquatic centre were sunk yesterday by an announcement the project has dumped from the Queenstown Lakes District Council's 10-year plan.
Roys Peninsula has been on the "western front" of a lengthy development battle in Wanaka and could not absorb any more development, Upper Clutha Environmental Society president Julian Haworth said yesterday.
"How much is too much development" is emerging as the single most important consideration in determining whether Cardrona couple Hil Stapper and Mario Kiesow can build a new home on Roys Peninsula.
The Upper Clutha Environmental Society was involved in five cases yet to be heard by the Environment Court and was awaiting a decision in a sixth case, society president Julian Haworth said in his annual report to the society this week.
Lake Hawea inventor T. J. Irwin is delighted with the response to his "retro" digging tool, "The Slammer", at the recent Fieldays agricultural show in Hamilton.
