Wanaka retailers are backing the easing of Easter trading restrictions after Prime Minister John Key said yesterday he supported calls for the law to be liberalised.
Architecture and art are creatively mixed together at Albert Town over Easter weekend.
Franz Josef used to be known only for its glacier, but now tourist operators have expanded into bird-watching, kayaking, rafting and fishing excursions. The small West Coast town now hosts about a million visitors each year, Marjorie Cook reports.
One of only three airworthy Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter planes in the world will be among the "big-ticket" attractions at the Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow this Easter.
Four generations of the Rowley family gathered at Lake Hawea Station last weekend for a reunion of more than 90 family members.
Two Wanaka men, arrested after an alleged joyride on a tractor yesterday morning, will face several charges in the Queenstown District Court next week.
Wanaka's winter tourism industry is set to receive a "massive" boost with a new charter flight service from Wellington and Christchurch ready to fly into the resort from July 1.
Swimmers will remain shut out of the ageing Wanaka Community Pool for at least two weeks as council contractors wait for new parts after a misdiagnosed "anticipated quick maintenance job".
Haast Constable Robin Manera has taken a potshot at the alcohol-fuelled behaviour of some trigger-happy hunters in South Westland.
Festival of Colour director Philip Tremewen says his appointment to head the troubled Christchurch Arts Festival will not clash with his duties to the growing Wanaka arts event he helped launch in 2005.
Two of Central Otago's top female multisport athletes battled it out for line honours during the Southern Lakes half marathon held in Wanaka during the weekend.
Wanaka retailers are mulling the annual Easter question - should they open their doors over the coming long weekend and trade in defiance of New Zealand's shop-trading laws?
A Wanaka entrepreneur's snow-grooming invention will be shaping park features at two of the resort's skifields this winter, after gaining valuable exposure from the recent Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
A controversial retirement village development in Wanaka remains in limbo, as opponents await the official release of a resource consent decision.
A recent innovation for extreme sports athletes - using huge inflatable airbags when training - is growing in popularity and Central Otago is set to be the first place in New Zealand to become an airbag base.
A group of apartment owners at Oakridge Resort want to manage their own affairs after they turned down a rental management offer from the new owners of the Wanaka hotel.
A fundraising drive to pay for a new four-wheel-drive ambulance for Wanaka St John has reached its $180,000 target, courtesy of a $20,000 boost from the Wanaka Golf Club's annual Charity Golf Classic tournament during the weekend.
If you're thinking of going for one last dip in Lake Wanaka at the popular Bremner Bay swimming spot before the seasons change - you might have to go for quite a walk.
Economic benefits of about $2.7 million are estimated to have flowed into the Upper Clutha region on the back of the Challenge Wanaka long-distance triathlon.
Treble Cone skifield has shelved plans for its $20 million gondola "indefinitely" and will instead spend $200,000 on a five-year project to install safety barriers on its 7.5km access road.
