Several in Glenorchy may be without power overnight
At least 90 Glenorchy households may remain without power tonight as work continues to repair damage caused by Monday's snow storm.
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Volunteers keep community beautiful
Volunteers keep community beautiful
An effort to clean up Albert Town included the removal of a 50kg car axle, which was collected and taken to the tip.
Sports festival provides chance to get involved
Sports festival provides chance to get involved
Hundreds of people of all ages converged on the Wanaka Recreation Centre yesterday for a fun day at the annual Festival of Sport and Recreation organised by the Upper Clutha Sports Community.
Circus workshop a parting gift
Circus workshop a parting gift
About 300 Mount Aspiring College pupils will get the opportunity to try their hand at learning circus tricks this November.
Laws criticises staff
Laws criticises staff
The ability of staff and management of the Otago Regional Council has come under fire from one of its own councillors.
TV producer backs enthusiasts
TV producer backs enthusiasts
Makers of a British television series about restoring old aircraft are climbing on board the "Bring Our Birds Home" (BOBH) project aiming to set up a museum in Wanaka featuring examples of all the...
Bid to make snow of national importance
Bid to make snow of national importance
More than 16 years after "lake snow" was first noticed in Lake Wanaka, Otago Regional Council staff are recommending research on the algae be regarded "as being of national importance".
Festival of Sport and Recreation returning
Festival of Sport and Recreation returning
Teams, balls, sticks, racquets, goals, you name it - it will be at the fifth annual Festival of Sport and Recreation held at the Wanaka Recreation Centre this Sunday.
Bullock Creek walkway finally opened
Bullock Creek walkway finally opened
More than 100 people turned out to celebrate the long-awaited opening of the Bullock Creek Hatchery Spring walkway on Tuesday.
Rockfall closes road to Haast
Rockfall closes road to Haast
One lane of SH6 between Wanaka and Haast is expected to be open again from 8am today after a rockfall yesterday closed the road, south of Makarora.
Send-off for Crump model
Send-off for Crump model
A man some suspect was the model for Barry Crump’s quietly spoken character Clarence in his book A Good Keen Man was eulogised at a memorial attended by (from left) his great-granddaughters Maia Duncan and Jade Duncan and granddaughter Susan Duncan.
Birthplace of helicopter venison recovery marked
Birthplace of helicopter venison recovery marked
McGills Creek is so little known it does not even feature on New Zealand’s topographical maps.
Farm owner ordered to restore cultivated land
Farm owner ordered to restore cultivated land
Rich lister and New Zealand Business Hall of Fame member Peter Masfen CNZM has been ordered to restore land on his Wanaka property disturbed by cultivation.
SH6 reopens, but to close again tonight
SH6 reopens, but to close again tonight
State Highway 6 from Makarora to Haast has reopened, but is set to close again this evening as contractors work to clear a significant slip which brought rocks across the road this morning.
Close call ...
Close call ...
Three people were lucky to escape injury yesterday after the car they were travelling in left the Cardrona skifield road and rolled down a bank into some trees.
Truck driver joins call for road upgrade
Truck driver joins call for road upgrade
The truck driver involved in the latest crash in Ballantyne Rd, Wanaka, has added his voice to the call for the gravel and Otta-sealed road to be upgraded.
Three escape injury in skifield road plunge
Three escape injury in skifield road plunge
Three people were lucky to escape injury when the car they were in went off the Cardrona skifield road and rolled down a bank into some trees.
Petrol companies pillaging drivers: Mayor
Petrol companies pillaging drivers: Mayor
As petrol prices tipped $2.50 per litre in Wanaka, Queenstown Lakes mayor says drivers in the South are being pillaged by petrol companies and it has gone beyond being acceptable.
Crash on contentious stretch of road
Crash on contentious stretch of road
Overseas tourists travelling in this rental car were "incredibly lucky" not to have been seriously injured when the vehicle and a truck-trailer unit collided in Wanaka yesterday.
Council heeds SHA concerns
Council heeds SHA concerns
More negotiation and consultation over the proposed special housing area for Lake Hawea has been ordered by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.