Alpine Deer Group reunites
Alpine Deer Group reunites
More than 160 people celebrated "the great adventure" of the Alpine Deer Group in Albert Town on Saturday, at a staff reunion for the long-running company founded by Sir Tim Wallis.
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Investigation continues into resort home invasion
Investigation continues into resort home invasion
Wanaka police are sifting fact from fiction as the investigation into a home invasion in Stratford Tce continues.
Support essential to sports' survival
Support essential to sports' survival
As an avid sports fan, I don't believe that money in New Zealand sport has ruined it. I believe the fans are ruining it for themselves.
Husband and wife win Coast to Coast
Husband and wife win Coast to Coast
Richard and Elena Ussher have become the first married couple to win their sections of the longest day in the Coast to Coast.
Farming focus at golf resort hearing
Farming focus at golf resort hearing
Farming practices and techniques at Glendhu Station were the main focus of yesterday's Environment Court hearing over a proposed golf resort development at the property.
Opinion: Hoodwinked by business moguls
Opinion: Hoodwinked by business moguls
To me, it all seems to boil down to the frailties of what are/were amateur, dedicated, stalwart people who genuinely love their respective sports being hoodwinked by profiteering "moguls".
In search of a more equal society
In search of a more equal society
Good progress is not possible without greater equality, Dunedin North MP Dr David Clark said in his maiden speech in Parliament yesterday.
Multisport: Waiting game pays off for Ussher
Multisport: Waiting game pays off for Ussher
Richard Ussher described his fifth Longest Day victory in the Coast to Coast as his "smartest race".
Multisport: Celebration time for top team
Multisport: Celebration time for top team
There were high fives all round for winners of the two-day team section of the Coast to Coast on Saturday.
Multisport: Marital bliss all round on Coast to Coast
Multisport: Marital bliss all round on Coast to Coast
Elena Ussher's victory in the women's section of the Coast to Coast secured a first for the 30 year-old event, the first husband-and-wife combination to win the titles in the same year.
Church morphing into new cinema
Church morphing into new cinema
Renovations to Wanaka's former Catholic church in Brownston St have begun as the owners of Cinema Paradiso prepare to begin a gradual relocation process to the building.
Multisport: Goat Pass descent takes toll on Bell in Coast to Coast two-day
Multisport: Goat Pass descent takes toll on Bell in Coast to Coast two-day
Nathan Bell (Fairlie) made the most of his opportunities but paid the price with tired legs and a few spills on the descent from Goat Pass on the first day of the men's two-day Coast to Coast race yesterday.
Multisport: Voyce makes most of warm-up for Patagonia
Multisport: Voyce makes most of warm-up for Patagonia
With thoughts of Patagonia on his mind, Trevor Voyce, of Nelson, pulled out of the Longest Day Speight's Coast to Coast title, but blitzed the field on the first day of the two-day team section with Australian Matt Blundell.
$20,000 for track
$20,000 for track
Mountain biking enthusiasts will soon have another Wanaka track at their disposal, this time right in the centre of town.
Multisport: Down but not out
Multisport: Down but not out
Failure is not an option for Shannon Edgar in the Coast to Coast starting today. Edgar, (18) provided one of the dramatic storylines of last year's event when she was airlifted from the course with a suspected broken ankle.
Multisport: Bell holds lead in Coast to Coast
Multisport: Bell holds lead in Coast to Coast
It's all on for young and old for individual honours when the two-day section of the Coast to Coast resumes from Klondyke Corner tomorrow.
Families want answers over substandard CTV building
Families want answers over substandard CTV building
Victims' distraught families want police to find who is responsible for the substandard Canterbury Television building that collapsed in the February earthquake, killing 115 people.
Multisport: Allan looks to go one better
Multisport: Allan looks to go one better
What does not kill only makes you stronger, will be an adage Dougal Allan takes on board when he lines up as one of the favourites for the Longest Day title of the Coast to Coast tomorrow.
Opposition to lodge in remote spot
Opposition to lodge in remote spot
The Upper Clutha Environmental Society (UCES) has objected to a proposed ski lodge development below the Cardrona skifield access road and above a recently consented alpine village, saying it would have "significant and adverse" visual and amenity effects on natural landscape values.
Police have naked ambition
Police have naked ambition
Police in Wanaka are determined to "get to the bottom" of a series of incidents involving a naked man engaging in recreational pursuits in public places.