Adam Hall strengthened his status as New Zealand's premier adaptive snowsports athlete as the skier won the Bruce Todd Trophy for outstanding international achievement for the third straight year.
New Zealand snowboarder James Hamilton's combined results in the slope-style and half-pipe competitions over the weekend have catapulted him to the No 1 spot in the Burton Global Open Series.
Wanaka's skifield industry is in full swing. Matthew Haggart takes a behind-the-scenes look at the resort's skifield lifestyles and profiles six personalities involved with different aspects of the industry.
A 22-year-old Kurow man assaulted a doorman at the Bullock Bar in Wanaka before he kicked in the window of a police car on Saturday night, police said.
Snowboarder Mitchell Brown reckons there are plenty of half-pipe riders capable of stopping him from winning back-to-back half-pipe titles at the Burton Open.
However, the competition they present is the last thing on the 21-year-old Mt Maunganui rider's mind as he seeks to defend his title today at the Snow Park.
An American and a Scandinavian won their respective debut New Zealand slopestyle titles at the Burton Open at the Snow Park yesterday.
There is something rotten about Transit New Zealand's felling of native trees on the West Coast, the Green Party has claimed, but it isn't in the timber.
New Zealand snowboarders will have a strong presence for the final day of Slopestyle competition at the Burton Open, with four home-grown talents progressing from the qualifiers.
The war of the fences has resumed in the Cardrona Valley.
Four candidates are on the shortlist to take charge of the Warbirds Over Wanaka air show.
More than 125 native trees have been cleared from a 70km stretch of State Highway 6 between Haast Pass and Haast township by Transit New Zealand.
Local businesses have started a bidding war to add to a reward to find the culprits responsible for the burglary and vandalism of the Wanaka Primary School last weekend.
The feel-good mix of competitive and recreational alpine action that makes up the Disabled Snowsports New Zealand National Championships returns to Cardrona Alpine Resort.
The level of Lake Hawea continues to slowly creep up from its statutory minimum of 338m above sea level.
Police believe a group of up to three people may be responsible for the burglary and vandalism of Wanaka Primary School, and a local business has offered a reward of $1000 to help catch the culprits.
Wanaka's top policeman Aaron Nicholson promises "bobbies will be back on the beat" in Wanaka following yesterday's announcement by Southern District Commander Superintendent George Fraser of six additional sworn police officers for the town.
The deaths of a former Wanaka-based father and son pilot team have devastated members of the Innes family, a decade after a similar helicopter crash claimed the life of their eldest son and brother.
A standoff between private landowners and the Otago Regional Council continues to hold up plans to implement a flooding mitigation plan for the Stoney Creek catchment area in Wanaka.
Wanaka Primary School pupils had a clear message for the burglars who broke into two classrooms and defaced their personal artwork and schoolbooks during a Saturday night rampage.
Teaching staff at Wanaka Primary School have been left sickened by the actions of vandals who smashed their way into two classrooms on Saturday night and left behind a trail of destruction.