Wanaka freeskier Jossi Wells has started his northern hemisphere campaign with a second place at an international snowsports competition in the United States.
The theft of more than $2000 cash and personal items from a group of campers in Wanaka is an unfortunate reminder to holidaymakers, police say.
A former head of a global media company who is now living in Wanaka has been appointed the new chairman of volunteer search and rescue organisation LandSAR New Zealand.
The Kahu Youth Trust has secured a new home for its community operation in Wanaka.
Entries for the 2009 Golden Lamb Awards are now open as the search to find New Zealand's tastiest and most tender lamb gears up.
The level of Lake Hawea is steadily rising back above normal as steady rain and a decrease in power consumption has led to a capacity glut on Contact Energy's Clutha River hydro-electricity scheme.
Wanaka builder Mike Bassett has won the Australasian cherry pip spitting championships, near Perth, with a winning stone spit of 13.3m.
A group of irate Meadowstone residents has mobilised against a proposed multilevel apartment complex, which they say will change the face of Wanaka and destroy the residential community of their neighbourhood.
A $2.5 million upgrade of Central Otago's state highway network is nearing completion, with more than 50km of road works around the district recently resealed.
Policing resources in the Upper Clutha are rising with the creation of a new Wanaka sub-area, the appointment of a new commanding officer, and a community policing team of four staff in the pipeline.
Three Wanaka snowsports athletes have carded impressive results in their respective northern hemisphere campaigns as they build to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
A Wanaka rape case before the Tauranga District Court continues to drag on, with a trial date still to be set.
New Zealand's two-time Olympian golden girls, Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell, are coming to Wanaka to eat lamb.
Festive cheer was evident in Wanaka this week as Christmas decorations were strung on a large pine tree near the entrance to the resort.
Upper Clutha residents can now take advantage of a new car-pool commuting initiative from Sustainable Wanaka.
Heavy rain caused blocked drains and surface flooding in Wanaka, and swelled lake and river levels around the Upper Clutha district yesterday.
Wanaka property player Infinity Ltd has pulled out of developing a $100 million luxury lakefront hotel, saying it wants to concentrate on its core business of developing residential subdivisions.
Police are looking for people associated with an art theft in Wanaka on Wednesday night.
A lovelorn weka is going the distance in a bid to woo the females of Lake Wanaka.
About 300 attended the funeral yesterday of Wanaka community figure John Pawson.
