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Do not relocate council services into the Wanaka Library, the town's community board has urged.

The harbourside high-rise project seems pretty well dead in the water, if you'll pardon the pun. If any good has come out of it, perhaps it has raised consciousness of urban design issues.

ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire rates the Highlanders after their upset 34-18 win over the Sharks in Durban this morning.

Three generations of George Watson's family looked on proudly as the 92-year-old returned serviceman shared some of his war stories with a packed Lake Wanaka Centre yesterday.

After two postponements in as many years, the Wild Descent kayak race on the Clutha River started in perfect conditions in Albert Town yesterday.

The United Nations has declared 2014 the International Year of Family Farming. Under the banner ''feeding the world, caring for the earth'' it wants to celebrate the many ways farming families contribute to communities and the economy. While New Zealand farming families do not face the same challenges as those who farm in underdeveloped or oppressive regimes, some concerns are shared by all farmers. This year is an opportunity to celebrate New Zealand farming and our ''No 8 wire'' style. This week Yvonne O'Hara talks to the Gunn family, of Roxburgh.

Bruce and Mary King's long-lasting love story began on the dance floor, much like many couples of their era.

Twenty-one grand and Otago skinks have been born in captivity since a recent large-scale collection of the endangered lizards near Wanaka.

A Wanaka police officer allegedly attacked inside his patrol car by a drink-driver yesterday afternoon is the same man seriously injured during what started as another routine drink-driving stop just over six years ago.

The man police are talking to over a Christchurch homicide knew the victim, police confirmed this morning.

ODT Online rugby writer Jeff Cheshire isolates the key reasons the Highlanders beat the Hurricanes 35-31 in Dunedin on Friday night. 

The excitement at Wanaka New World's Lotto counter yesterday was palpable as staff checked tickets and fielded a stream of questions from those keen to learn the identity of the town's newest millionaire.

With the Highlanders having had a bye in the latest round of the Super 15, ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire picks his form New Zealand XV from the competition so far.

Retired stained-glass and leadlight craftsman Arthur Raffills has countless decorative pieces from his past displayed in churches, public buildings and private homes throughout the country.

If inspectors from the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment were in Wanaka yesterday, almost every retailer in the resort will face fines for breaching Easter trading laws.

A Primary School board of trustees chairman Mike Thomas says the school's governance woes are behind it after two of its board members resigned.