A motorcycle trip through the Himalayas to the world's highest music festival was the inspiration for an award-winning song by Luggate musician Anna van Riel, as she tells Wanaka reporter Matthew Haggart.
More charges may be laid against adults involved with a youth ring of burglaries which has targeted vacant holiday homes in Wanaka.
Statistics New Zealand's commercial accommodation figures show Wanaka businesses logged a 7.2% drop in visitor nights in July compared with the same month last year.
Council planners have recommended a proposed building platform for a Dublin Bay property near Wanaka be granted resource consent.
Opposition to a proposed luxury residential development at Damper Bay, near Wanaka, continues to mount with more than 50 public submissions lodged against a resource consent application by a group of businessmen.
Wanaka's Festival of Colour will reach out to include Queenstown next year, as the major Central Otago arts event seeks to keep building its reputation after almost a decade of success.
Several Southern Lakes skifields closed early yesterday as yet another big frontal system battered the lower South Island.
Queenstown Lakes District Council property manager has downplayed the severity of a cracked council building in Wanaka - a day after councillors were warned about the impending expenditure needed to repair the damaged office.
Otago's biggest mountain and best surf break were among the locations for the ultimate snow and surf trip around New Zealand by four adventure-seekers, which ended this week.
Dunedin youngster Joe McQuillan admits there were times in hospital when he was concerned he might never again be able to walk properly, let alone snowboard.
Wanaka mechanic Brock Johnston will have to wait an extra week before he contests the Motor Trade Association (MTA) apprentice-of-the-year competition final. The Mt Aspiring Motors mechanic...
Blustery winds blew away Swedish skiing star Jon Olsson's attempt at a world-first big air trick at Treble Cone skifield on Sunday, but the freeskier hopes to return next year for another attempt.
Engineering consultants will review Cardrona Alpine Resort's wastewater operations this summer, in the wake of a recent four-day closure of the skifield.
Swedish skiing sensation Jon Olsson is waiting for a break in the weather to attempt a world-first big air on a custom-built giant jump at Treble Cone.
A leader in opening up public access by building tracks, the Upper Clutha Tracks Trust is a finalist in the Inland Otago Conservation Awards. Matthew Haggart talks to trust chairman Tim Dennis about its mission to develop a network of trails and public access around the region.
Skiers and snowboarders can return to Cardrona Alpine Resort today, after a four-day closure of the skifield's facilities.
Geotechnical testing at a rockslide at Glendhu Bluffs near Wanaka to determine the stability of a cliff face has been completed by council contractors.
Wanaka Fire Brigade members were called to extinguish a small fire in the boiler room of Mt Aspiring College yesterday morning.
Wanaka's Aspiring Campervan Park has been voted the best holiday accommodation park in New Zealand by tourism website rankers.co.nz.
Cardrona Alpine Resort will remain closed today as levels at a wastewater pond on the mountain remain too high for the skifield to resume normal operations.
