Plans for a large residential and visitor accommodation village at Mt Cardrona Station are progressing, with a resource consent application lodged to subdivide land at the site into bulk lots in preparation for future development.
Fifteen Wanaka St John volunteers had their achievements and contributions recognised at the weekend.
Gavin Mason and Darren Clay received the national diploma in ambulance practice while Wanaka area committee chairman Phill Hunt was presented with a certificate for nine years' service.
The daunting logistics of running large-scale music concerts during the New Year period have prompted the new owners of the Lake Hawea Hotel to opt for a lower-key approach to festive celebrations this year.
The experience of flying through the skies on board a fighter plane was just as 87-year-old Wanaka-based war veteran Clarrie Berryman remembered it after nearly 60 years.
The faulty pipeline fitting which caused a significant raw sewage spill from the Wanaka wastewater system this week has been repaired, leaving "no issues" in its wake, Queenstown Lakes District Council Three Waters manager Gerry Essenberg said.
Funding has been approved for the long-awaited roundabout at the entrance to the Ardmore St retail area of Wanaka, but there is still no clear indication of when construction might begin.
Contractors battled to stem a geyser of raw sewage spouting from a wastewater pipeline near Wanaka yesterday.
Wanaka Wastebusters will hold a drop-in session tonight to help answer the public's questions on last week's controversial decision by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to award Wanaka's kerbside recycling contract to Auckland firm Smart Environmental Ltd.
The inaugural Wanaka 10-hour mountain bike race at the Deans Bank track near Albert Town on Sunday has been hailed a great success by its organiser, Bike Wanaka president Mark Gould.
An incorrect email address provided by the Queenstown Lakes District Council for submissions on the Wanaka Sports Facility might have prevented dozens of people from having their say on the project, Wanaka Primary School board of trustees chairman Pete Bullen says.
Queenstown helicopter engineer CJ Maxwell has her hockey team-mates to thank for winning the Perfect Woman competition in Wanaka on Saturday.
Perfect weather and a packed calendar of events helped generate record crowds at the ninth annual Wanakafest over Labour Weekend.
Wanaka's town centre was awash with colour and creativity yesterday evening as a large procession of floats and community groups marched, danced, sailed and skateboarded their way down Ardmore St for the Kahu Youth Wanakafest street parade.
Supporters of Wanaka's Kahu Youth group will have all the more reason to celebrate when they take to the streets this evening for the annual Wanakafest street parade and party after learning their bid to shift to bigger premises has been successful.
Knitted goods like those pictured will help raise funds for Ronald McDonald House at the Nook Rd Family Fun Day, at Lake Hawea on Monday. The event has been organised by musician Anna van Riel, who spent three months living in the accommodation facility in Wellington while her daughter Matilda Urquhart received medical treatment for a rare condition. Photo by Lucy Ibbotson.
This Labour Day, "wee miracle" Matilda Urquhart will be the guest of honour at a Hawea fundraising event for Ronald McDonald House - a facility which played an integral role in the 6-month-old baby's recovery from a rare condition earlier this year.
A man whose wife died after being trapped for hours in earthquake rubble is fighting to get an inquiry into the failure of search and rescue workers to save her and others.
Scientists have given reassurance to weary Christchurch residents that the worst of the earthquakes is likely to be over.
Are we heading for a heritage disaster? Quite possibly.
Montessori Children's House Wanaka has put its staffing woes behind it following the reappointment of former head teacher Anne-Marie Love, who was made redundant earlier this year.
There was plenty to contemplate when the summer season started at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
