On a clear, calm day, there is just one place 85-year-old Wanaka woman Pat Stuart wants to be - tearing around the lake behind a jet-boat on a single water-ski, and Christmas Day was no exception.
It was a less than festive Christmas for some in the Upper Clutha yesterday - many younger people itched and scratched their way through the celebrations because of a recent outbreak of chicken pox in the area.
Clyde man Frits Wouters is calling for offers of second-hand bikes to benefit Vanuatuan seasonal workers in Central Otago.
The Wanaka Rowing Club's long-running quest for a suitable waterside site for its proposed boat shed is on hold until after the rowing season, committee member Nick Blennerhassett says.
Two Queenstown Lakes men are among the first recipients of a new national award for search and rescue excellence.
Shannon McNatty held off a late challenge from Stephanie Miller to win the Mosgiel Blokefree Triathlon yesterday.
The Coast to Coast is approaching again, and Otago athletes are busy with their preparations. In the first in a series of profiles, Wayne Parsons talks to a rising multisporter keen to make amends.
Ngai Tahu has a conditional contract on the old Wanaka Primary School site, the Ministry of Education confirmed yesterday.
The Queenstown pilot killed when their helicopter "dropped out of the sky" last night was the chief flying instructor at Wakatipu Aero Club.
Puzzling World creator Stuart Landsborough was the first customer through the doors when the new multimillion-dollar illusion room at the Wanaka tourist attraction opened at 8.30am yesterday.
The owners of Wanaka's Speight's Ale House in the new 93 Ardmore St building have this week been turning away prospective customers who could not wait for the restaurant's opening today. The eatery, and other tenants, are in the new mixed-use building at the eastern end of Wanaka's prime lakefront commercial strip, on a 1131sq m site next to the Bullock Creek reserve.
Motorists passing through Cardrona on Saturday were momentarily transported back in time as they shared the road with horses, stagecoaches and people in period costume during the community's 150 Years of Gold celebrations.
Some 10 years after the Wanaka Cricket Club was disbanded, a sum of forgotten money left in its coffers has resurfaced and been handed over to the club's former on-field foe.
A new whitewater kayak park on the Hawea River is the ''world's best'' and is already being eyed up by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) for major events, its American designer says.
Frankton woman Margaret Forbes is 91 and a creature of habit. Almost every morning, seven days a week, she boards a bus at her front door and travels to Wanaka via Cromwell for a cup of tea and a chocolate brownie at the same cafe, before catching the bus back to Frankton over the Crown Range.
Australia, England and Wales face the toughest road to Rugby World Cup glory in 2015, having been drawn in the pool of death.
It was a good night for New Zealand at the 2012 IRB Awards, where they claimed all the top awards on the back of a stellar year.
Ruby Anderson, Rosemary Richards and Susan Videler (Dunedin International Airport) This month, three Dunedin female artists are displaying their approach to portraiture. Ruby Anderson presents...
The All Blacks ended their otherwise highly successful 2012 season with a loss to England at the weekend. ODT Online rugby contributor Jeff Cheshire gives his player ratings for the year.
New Zealand's only dedicated cross-country ski area was officially handed over to the community at a small but significant ceremony high on the Pisa Range near Wanaka yesterday afternoon.
