40 entrants vie to be top dog
40 entrants vie to be top dog
There will be paws aplenty at the Snow Farm, next week, with about 40 dogs expected to line up for the Wanaka Sled Dog Festival.
Matthew Haggart
Freeskiing: Local knowledge may be key
Freeskiing: Local knowledge may be key
Treble Cone's Motatapu Chutes hosts the Big Mountain finals of the New Zealand Freeski Open today, and several competitors will be hoping their local knowledge pays off.
Skiing: NZ skiers determined to see off foreign rivals
Skiing: NZ skiers determined to see off foreign rivals
Treble Cone Racing Academy director Guenther Birgmann is picking New Zealand national representatives will be spurred on by the presence of a strong international field at the national alpine ski-racing championships.
Hot pools set to open in Franz Josef
Hot pools set to open in Franz Josef
Ngai Tahu is increasing its stake in South Island tourism developments and is set to open a multimillion-dollar hot pools complex on the West Coast.
Approval for school relocation expected
Approval for school relocation expected
Whether the Cabinet will confirm the long-awaited relocation of the Wanaka Primary School can go ahead should be known in the next three weeks.
NZ snowsports injuries cost ACC over $15m
NZ snowsports injuries cost ACC over $15m
Snow sports injuries cost the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) more than $15 million last year, with treatment claims more than quadrupling since 2004, when the sport cost New Zealanders $3.7 million.
Snowboarding: Impressive line-up for halfpipe event
Snowboarding: Impressive line-up for halfpipe event
Top New Zealand snowboarders James Hamilton, Mitchell Brown, Julianne Bray and Kendall Brown will line up against an impressive international field at a FIS World Cup halfpipe event at Cardrona, next month.
Skiing: Skiers hope local knowledge will count
Skiing: Skiers hope local knowledge will count
New Zealand's top freeskier, Jossi Wells, will be trying to display the aerobatic form which earned him several titles at northern hemisphere events, when the New Zealand Freeski Open starts near Wanaka tomorrow.
Snowsports: Pupils dominate secondary school snowsports
Snowsports: Pupils dominate secondary school snowsports
Mount Aspiring College ski and snowboard teams made almost a clean sweep of the competition at the recent Otago Southland Secondary School Snowsports Championships, held at Cardrona Skifield, near Wanaka.
Trust to protect nordic skiing assets
Trust to protect nordic skiing assets
Nordic skiing facilities at the Snow Farm on the Pisa Range are to be protected by a trust put in place to safeguard the cross-country skiing assets for future development.
Windmill replica marks historic site
Windmill replica marks historic site
The winds of change have blown back the years at Hawea Flat where a monument has been raised to commemorate one of the area's earliest landmarks.
Pair decline to debate 'land grab'
Pair decline to debate 'land grab'
Opposing parties chose to sit on the fence over "land-grab" issues in the Cardrona Valley, at a meeting of the area's residents and ratepayers association on Saturday.
Details of agreement not public
Details of agreement not public
A "commercial agreement" between Contact Energy and the Tarras Community Association is on the cards for a multimillion-dollar scheme to pump water from the Clutha River.
Man charged with misusing telephone
Man charged with misusing telephone
Misusing a telephone has earned a 28-year-old Wanaka man an appearance before the judiciary after he was arrested yesterday and charged with making inappropriate phone calls.
Market interest key to retirement village plan
Market interest key to retirement village plan
Construction of the Queenstown Lakes district's first stand-alone retirement village for elderly residents could begin at Wanaka next year.
Wanaka eviction leaves 20 out in the cold
Wanaka eviction leaves 20 out in the cold
Twenty oversears workers evicted from their Wanaka accommodation have been told by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to try the Yellow Pages for somewhere to stay, after a court injunction was served on their home yesterday.
Mediation on subdivision dispute postponed
Mediation on subdivision dispute postponed
Rival property developers remain stalled over plans for their neighbouring Grandview and Timsfield subdivisions at Lake Hawea.
Skiing: Telemark series launched
Skiing: Telemark series launched
A first of its kind telemark ski race series launched itself from the starting gates at Treble Cone, near Wanaka, during the weekend.
Snowboarding: Burton's life based around the board
Snowboarding: Burton's life based around the board
Jake Burton's influence on the sport of snowboarding is unrivalled. A pioneer of the sport who helped found a global industry, he visited Wanaka last weekend for the New Zealand Open and spoke to Matthew Haggart.
No `positive' leads
No `positive' leads
Wanaka police have no "positive lines of inquiry" about the burglary and vandalism attack on Wanaka Primary School, more than two weeks ago.