Camps host tourist bubble as flights are sorted
A big "bubble" of 40 overseas tourists is holed up at the Lake View Holiday Park in Wanaka, waiting for a plane to take them home.
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257 Hereford conference contacts still sought
257 Hereford conference contacts still sought
Health authorities are still trying to locate 257 "close contacts" arising from the 20 Covid-19 cases associated with the World Hereford Conference in Queenstown earlier this month.
Putting basics ahead of technology
Putting basics ahead of technology
Using technological devices from a very young age appears to be having an impact on the oral and literacy skills of new entrant school children. KerrieWaterworth reports on how teachers at Wanaka...
Warning after family loses yurt home in fire
Warning after family loses yurt home in fire
A local fire chief is calling on families to be more vigilant following an early-morning blaze which injured three people and destroyed a tent home in Hawea.
Fair relief for commercial tenants sought
Fair relief for commercial tenants sought
The closure of most businesses for a month has raised the issue of how much rent commercial tenants should have to carry on paying.
Lockdown catches out tourists
Lockdown catches out tourists
Some tourists and travellers in campervans and motorhomes have had to find last-minute accommodation after incorrectly assuming the Covid-19 lockdown applied only to New Zealand residents.
7 new cases in South, widespread area of possible contact
7 new cases in South, widespread area of possible contact
There are at least seven new cases of Covid-19 in the Southern district. And the DHB has revealed a raft of locations where the public may have come into contact with a virus that has forced a nationwide lockdown from midnight.
CBD empties as lockdown looms
CBD empties as lockdown looms
It seems a strange way to define a town locking down, but in Wanaka yesterday the empty car parks were multiplying.
Distillery giving away top-quality alcohol hand sanitiser
Distillery giving away top-quality alcohol hand sanitiser
Supermarkets and pharmacies may be sold out but for those prepared to drive to Cardrona yesterday there was the offer of free hand sanitiser made with top quality alcohol.
Lockdown creates new tourist trap
Lockdown creates new tourist trap
Remaining tourists and those on holiday working visas appear to be the forgotten few in the Government’s latest response to Covid-19.
Pair discover both All Black descendants
Pair discover both All Black descendants
Former Southland All Black flanker and farmer Ken Stewart could not resist bringing up the subject of breeding yesterday.
Careful management ensures Wanaka dog trials go ahead
Careful management ensures Wanaka dog trials go ahead
Unlike most events around the country this week, the Wanaka Collie Dog Club’s dog trials at Glendhu Bay went ahead yesterday, almost as usual.
Families set up healthy colony
Families set up healthy colony
Wanaka professional athlete Braden Currie and wife Sally have created a colony of coronavirus-free families which can ride out the pandemic together, as the Covid-19 response gathers momentum in...
Volunteers asked to wait on guidelines
Volunteers asked to wait on guidelines
Volunteers offering to visit the elderly or people self-isolating are being asked to hold back until there are Ministry of Health guidelines to prevent the risk of the Covid-19 virus spreading.
Medical practices to advise on management plans
Medical practices to advise on management plans
Medical practices in Central Otago and Queenstown are expected to make a joint announcement this morning about how they will manage the Covid-19 virus.
Ski industry planning for range of eventualities
Ski industry planning for range of eventualities
Uncertainty hangs over the New Zealand ski industry because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Wanaka medical centres readying to face virus
Wanaka medical centres readying to face virus
Aspiring Medical Centre and Wanaka Medical Centre have announced they are working closely together on a joint local initiative with the Southern District Health Board and Ministry of Health, in an...
Time to plan, but uncertainty for ski industry
Time to plan, but uncertainty for ski industry
A cloud of uncertainty hangs over the New Zealand ski industry because of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Minister gives reassurance after tourists ignore self-isolation rules
Minister gives reassurance after tourists ignore self-isolation rules
Visitors to New Zealand will have to sign a declaration to say where and how they intend to self-isolate, a Government minister has said.
Police probe 'senseless act of vandalism'
Wanaka tree: Police investigating 'senseless act of vandalism'
Police are investigating after an apparent act of vandalism on Wanaka's well-known lake willow tree left visitors and locals disappointed and upset.