A report into the 2008 helicopter crash which killed Haast pilot Morgan Saxton confirms an earlier unofficial report he was sending text messages from his cellphone shortly before his machine disappeared into Lake Wanaka.
A plan to establish a two-theatre cinema at Wanaka's BaseCamp facility is being held back because the site's water pressure and flow are allegedly inadequate for firefighting purposes.
Wanaka police have arrested a second man in connection with a tyre-slashing rampage through the resort two months ago.
New Zealand Winter Olympic team flagbearer Juliane Bray is excited about her appointment as patron of the first World Junior Freeski and Snowboard Championships, at Cardrona Alpine Resort and Snow Park NZ on August 19-31.
A Wanaka dog-owner has appealed a council ruling classifying her pair of smooth-haired collies as menacing.
Local knowledge again gave the winning edge during the second round of the Wanaka FIS tech-racing series at Treble Cone last weekend.
New Zealand drum and bass pioneers Shapeshifter will headline two gigs in Wanaka this month - one of several musical acts lined up to visit the resort on the back of a busy snowsports event schedule.
A 20-year-old Wanaka man will face a criminal damage charge next week in relation to a tyre-slashing rampage through the resort in June.
More needs to be done to curb speeding motorists using one of the Queenstown Lakes' main tourist routes as a "racetrack" before fatalities occur, Cardrona residents say.
Cardrona residents say a new museum could raise the profile of the township's historic past, after the stalling of a proposal to put up a $120,000 war memorial monument near the old village hall.
World freeskiing champion Jossi Wells is still recovering from a broken ankle and will be unable to defend his New Zealand Freeski Open halfpipe title when the event begins this week.
Incorporating venue plans to let the Albert Town reserve become the new home of the Wanaka Rodeo Club's popular summer event is one of the many items in a draft management plan for the council-administered site.
More legal action could be on the cards for Queenstown Lakes developers as they continue efforts to stop a contentious council policy imposing affordable housing levies on them.
"We've got to fight. Don't give up," is the message from Sir Tim and Prue, Lady Wallis, who want neurosurgery services at Dunedin Hospital retained for the people of Otago and Southland.
A packed 2010 snowsports events schedule is about to start as athletes and fans prepare for a busy calendar of competitions during the month.
More than 100 participants at the New Zealand Adaptive Snowsports Festival have been carving up the snow at Cardrona Alpine Resort this week.
A massive delivery of trucked-in snow brought smiles to the faces of preschool pupils in Wanaka yesterday, when their playground was transformed into a mini-mountain slope.
Wanaka property developer Infinity Ltd has bought into the nationwide real estate brand First National, in a move which has left some agents in the resort questioning the company's strategy.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council is claiming first-round honours in a fight to enshrine its contentious affordable housing plan change policy, after an Environment Court ruling this week found in the council's favour.
You could say skier Karen Skillen took the counterculture route of turning on, dropping out, and tuning in, to start an international fundraising bid for adaptive snowsports.
