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The long-running Merino Muster cross-country ski race at Snow Farm, near Wanaka, will take on new significance from next year, after being sanctioned as a Worldloppet Ski Federation event.

Jane Pike opens the closet doors of fashionable locals in search of their five favourite things.

The father of a gunman who terrified staff and customers inside an Auckland bank pleaded through a loud hailer for his son to come out of the building before police seized him to end a five-hour standoff last night.

Following the All Blacks' 30-0 victory over France at the weekend, ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire looks at how they achieved such a commanding win.

Ice hockey stick? Check. Skates? Check. Keen players? Check. Rink? Work in progress ... Hawea Flat ice hockey enthusiast Oto Sramek (40) is unfazed in his quest to form a Wanaka-based ice hockey team despite a lack of training or playing facilities in the town.

ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire rates the All Blacks after their commanding 30-0 win in the second test against France.

A nationwide lake weed control programme carried out by Land Information New Zealand is having a positive impact on the health of some of Otago's lakes, particularly Lake Wanaka.

The new owners of Snow Park NZ on the Pisa Range remain hopeful the freestyle ski resort can be made available for events and training this season, but confirmation of what will happen on the field this winter is still a week away.

The New Zealand Winegrowers Association says winemakers across the country are heralding the 2013 grape harvest as one of the best, but those in the Central Otago industry remain cautious.

Lake Wanaka Tourism (LWT) has unveiled an ambitious plan to achieve a target of more than one million guest nights a year for the resort by 2022.

A trio of Wanaka publicans were counting their losses yesterday after a fire extensively damaged their central business district bar on Sunday night.

The All Blacks kicked off the test season with a 23-13 win over France in Auckland on Saturday night. ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire looks at what we learned from the victory.

A photo of the event's founder in the Civil Service clubrooms was all Joe Connolly needed for inspiration when he won the open men's title in the Barnes Cross-country at Kettle Park yesterday.

Following the All Blacks' win over France last night, ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire looks at the performance of Steve Hansen's men in the first test of the season.

Wanaka police are confident they will catch a group of vandals who damaged a docked boat - then left behind photographic evidence of their actions.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has been accused of ''dereliction of duty'' in its management of Pembroke Park, on Wanaka's lakefront.