Those unhappy with the contents of a draft master plan for Wanaka yesterday were not reassured by Wanaka Community Board chairman Quentin Smith's pledge the plan was not "set in stone''.
Many questions as to why the QAC rejected the idea of shifting its airport away from Frankton - opting instead for a dual Queenstown-Wanaka solution to the growth in air traffic - should be answered this week. Mark Price reports.
The backers of the $180 million redevelopment of central Invercargill have cleared a major planning hurdle, leaving the money as the next big issue to sort out.
Redevelopment of a substantial block of Invercargill's CBD has been given the thumbs up by independent commissioners for the Invercargill City Council.
Stormwater runoff from a new Wanaka subdivision into land owned by the Otago Fish&Game Council at the head of Bullock Creek on Thursday complied with earthworks standards.
A Kelvin Heights resident is challenging the Queenstown Airport Corporation (QAC) over the accuracy of its public statements on alternative sites for its airport at Frankton.
A group of commercial property owners in Wanaka is calling for the June 10 public release of the Wanaka town centre "conceptual draft master plan'' to be put on hold while they are consulted.
Retirees did not get a mention in the Budget, but that did not concern Yvonne and Graeme Perkins, of Luggate, who believed money was being spent in the right areas.
The amount of trouble endangered Dominica turtles are in is being spelt out in a series of videos by Wanaka documentary makers Richard Sidey and Aliscia Young, who call themselves Galaxiid.