Shooting: Perfect score secures shield
Shooting: Perfect score secures shield
A perfect score from the Wanaka Gun Club at the annual Bodkin Shield match on Saturday ensured the team a second consecutive victory.
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Skifield ban for tourists
Skifield ban for tourists
Two tourists caught skiing at Cardrona Alpine Resort without lift tickets on Saturday afternoon have been barred from district skifields for two years.
Couple of volunteers back for more
Couple of volunteers back for more
As 1000 elite athletes from 50 nations battle it out on snow and ice during this year's Winter Games, more than 500 volunteers are working tirelessly behind the scenes to make the event run smoothly.
Athletics: Robinson holds onto walk title
Athletics: Robinson holds onto walk title
Dunedin's Rozie Robinson was "over the moon" with her gold-medal performance at the national road championships in Wellington on Saturday.
Snowboarding: Top manoeuvres from world's leading snowboarders
Snowboarding: Top manoeuvres from world's leading snowboarders
The world's top-ranked freestyle snowboarders battled it out under picture-perfect blue skies at Snow Park yesterday for the second of four snowboarding events, the snowboard slopestyle.
Snowboarding: Age no barrier to this snowboarder
Snowboarding: Age no barrier to this snowboarder
He may be one of the oldest competitors at the Winter Games, but age does not faze 65-year-old American snowboarder and grandfather Dick Schulze when he lines up at the starting gates alongside athletes more than 40 years his junior.
Athletics: Marathon entries slightly up so far
Athletics: Marathon entries slightly up so far
With less than a month to go, entries for this year's Dunedin marathon and associated half-marathon are slightly ahead of those received at a corresponding time last year.
Snowboarding: Australians top in snowboard cross
Snowboarding: Australians top in snowboard cross
The Americans have reigned supreme in the Winter Games freeski events, but yesterday it was the Australians' turn to shine in the snowboard cross, with current world champion and X Games competitor Alex Pullin taking the honours in the men's competition and Belle Brockhof the surprise winner in the women's competition.
Athletics: Balchin aiming for team success
Athletics: Balchin aiming for team success
It will be a big ask but Otago 10km road champion Daniel Balchin would love to make it a double at the national road championships in Wellington today.
Thefts spark fears in Wanaka
Thefts spark fears in Wanaka
Wanaka police are concerned a burglary ring is targeting the residential area of Rippon Lea, off Mt Aspiring Rd, following two recent thefts in the area.
Board post for McRobie
Board post for McRobie
Wanaka businessman Ross McRobie has been appointed the only South Island member of the board of New Zealand On Air.
Freeskiers rise to nature's challenge
Freeskiers rise to nature's challenge
Challenging weather conditions marred yesterday's freeski halfpipe competition at Cardrona Alpine Resort, the first freestyle skiing event of the Winter Games.
Cinemas nearly ready
Cinemas nearly ready
The two-theatre 3-D cinema complex at Wanaka's BaseCamp facility is on track for a September 9 opening, to coincide with the first of the Rugby World Cup games.
Active life for 100-year-old
Active life for 100-year-old
Good friends, a good diet and "a bit of good luck" have contributed to the remarkable health and vitality of Wanaka resident Mavis Walker, who celebrates her 100th birthday today.
Forum to focus on events
Forum to focus on events
Establishing a district-wide view on how to deliver events for the benefit of the whole community is the goal of this week's Shaping our Future community forums in Wanaka and Queenstown.
Plans for new police station fit the bill; hopes for 2012 opening
Plans for new police station fit the bill; hopes for 2012 opening
Cramped quarters will soon be a thing of the past for Wanaka police following an announcement yesterday that plans for the town's long-awaited new police station have been approved by Police National Headquarters.
Popularity of Shrek books soars after death
Popularity of Shrek books soars after death
What does Shrek the sheep have in common with superstar singers Amy Winehouse and Michael Jackson?
More land for learning centre
More land for learning centre
There are plans to expand Wanaka's Aspiring Beginnings Early Learning Centre after news the Ministry of Education is surveying a larger site for the facility.
Announcement on police station
Announcement on police station
An announcement about a new Wanaka police station will be made next week, a spokeswoman for the Southern police district confirmed yesterday.
Cardrona Valley Appeal over declined application
Cardrona Valley Appeal over declined application
A Cardrona Valley developer has appealed to the Environment Court after the Queenstown Lakes District Council declined an application for resource consent for a building platform on his property.