Top New Zealand freeskier Jossi Wells, of Wanaka, won the halfpipe competition at the second stop on the Winter Dew Tour at Snowbasin Resort in Utah, on Sunday.
Winners Richard Ussher and Gina Crawford paid tribute to the support from the crowd at the Challenge Wanaka triathlon on Saturday.
With a combined age of 233, Team Septuagenarians Plus is a trio of endurance triathletes with experience on their side.
Crossing the finish line at today's long-distance Challenge Wanaka triathlon is the first step in a world record bid by a former rowing hardman from the Czech Republic.
Challenge Wanaka could have its first pair of New Zealand winners, with Richard Ussher and Gina Crawford shaping as local favourites in the long-distance triathlon.
Home-town hopes were dashed when Olympic triathlete Sam Warriner and Wellington up-and-comer Martin van Barneveld outpaced their local rivals, Nicky Samuels and Tony Dodds, to win the Contact Sprint Tri Series race in Wanaka last night.
Increased traffic flows and road closures in Wanaka may have created frustrations for some local residents, but a traffic management plan for the Challenge Wanaka triathlon is holding up well, a council traffic warden says.
The Wanaka Fire Brigade averted a fire in a Glendhu Bay hay barn yesterday, saving a supply of farm feed from going up in flames.
Defending men's Challenge Wanaka winner Chris McDonald was a surprise withdrawal from the long-distance race, announced at a pre-race press conference in Wanaka yesterday.
Investors who bought apartments at Wanaka's Oakridge Resort have had their "dreams shattered", a spokesman for a committee of private owners says.
The Upper Clutha A and P Society could be considered as a host for the Royal New Zealand Show, which is without a home after reaching an impasse over brand ownership with the Canterbury A and P Association.
Underground radio station Wanaka Beats has found itself a new home, broadcasting from above the street.
A government review of New Zealand's mineral resources may recognise that more conservation areas should be added to a protected schedule and closed off to the threat of mining.
A reduction in reported incidents of vandalism and wilful damage in Wanaka during New Year celebrations has been attributed to strategies targeting alcohol.
Strong northwest winds caused disruptions at Wanaka yesterday, when a power line was brought down by the gale.
A partnership between Wanaka police, bar licensees and Upper Clutha camping ground owners is paying dividends, with one of the lowest number of arrests made on New Year's Eve in almost a decade, the region's top community policing officer says.
Wanaka police made six arrests at the weekend for various alcohol-induced offences.
New Zealand secondary schools rodeo team captain Adam Jamison (17), of North Canterbury, held on to win the open bull-riding competition at the Wanaka Rodeo on Saturday, outlasting the rest of the field, which included his older brother.
Cardrona stuntman Ian Soanes has a New Year resolution which befits a man they call the "Wheelie King".
Emergency locator beacons are again being hailed by Wanaka Land Search and Rescue after team members carried out three operations to assist injured people in the past two days.
