Festival comes to a close
The 8th Count dance troupe from Upper Hutt in Wellington performs as part of the Festival of Colour in Wanaka on Saturday.
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Extraordinarily strong performance a highlight
Extraordinarily strong performance a highlight
REVIEW: I was struggling to pick favourites from this, Wanaka’s ninth Festival of Colour. Then came Meremere, writes Nigel Zega.
Container mural aims to grab attention for grebes
Container mural aims to grab attention for grebes
While they may have left their summer home at the Lake Wanaka marina, two larger-than-life grebes materialised at Wanaka Wastebusters at the weekend.
Box office staff ‘run off their feet’
Box office staff ‘run off their feet’
This year it had to look local.
Frame’s work leaps to new heights of creativity on stage
Frame’s work leaps to new heights of creativity on stage
REVIEW: Janet Frame and Red Leap Theatre are a match made in arts heaven.
Have dog, will travel a basis for play
Have dog, will travel a basis for play
When the "Kerikeri old girls network" hooked Barnaby Olson up with a job in Turkey, little did he know it would provide him with a perfect traveller’s tale.
Music with funk and much feeling
Music with funk and much feeling
REVIEW: Carnivorous Plant Society are billed as playing psychedelic jazz, but that doesn’t cover quite what they do, while Silver Stone Wood Bone offered a beautiful way to start the day, writes Nigel Zega.
Foraged apples put to good use
Foraged apples put to good use
A community event to celebrate the autumn apple harvest, and with a focus on preserving surplus produce, brought together more than 70 people in Wanaka at the weekend.
Baxter’s Cardrona poem reimagined
Baxter’s Cardrona poem reimagined
REVIEW: Nigel Zega enjoys a diverse day at the Festival of Colour in Wanaka.
Snow on skifields, more expected
Snow on skifields, more expected
Winter has came slightly early for southern skifields.
Programme helps eels to breed
Programme helps eels to breed
Catching slimy longfin eels slithering in the bottom of a boat and bagging them is the hardest part of Contact Energy eel fisherman Tony Hishon’s job.
Two powerful performances open Wanaka festival
Two powerful performances open Wanaka festival
REVIEW: Wanaka's week for arts aficionados launched with powerful performances from the Royal NZ Ballet celebrating two new works and from Maori collaborators addressing climate change.
Performing arts centre called for
Performing arts centre called for
The outgoing Festival of Colour director is calling for a performing arts centre in Wanaka so large theatre shows can be part of future events.
Wanaka’s wonderful week
Wanaka’s wonderful week
Six things Liz Breslin loves about Wanaka's Festival of Colour.
Site preparation begins for new school block
Site preparation begins for new school block
Site preparation for the construction of a new two-storey classroom block at Mount Aspiring College has begun.
Framework for festival taking shape
Framework for festival taking shape
The first signs of the week-long Festival of Colour have started to appear in Wanaka.
Dogged effort to identify remains gives climber’s family answers
Dogged effort to identify remains gives climber’s family answers
Old-fashioned police work has led to the identification of a climber who died more than 40 years ago in Mount Aspiring National Park.
Continued investment in Otago schools supports roll growth
Continued investment in Otago schools supports roll growth
Six projects valued at over $70m are delivering new schools, classrooms and refurbished buildings across the Queenstown-Lakes and are helping to ease the pressure of growing rolls in the area, the Education Minister says.
Mt Aspiring mystery solved after remains found
Mt Aspiring mystery solved after remains found
Human remains found in Mt Aspiring National Park have been identified as those of an Australian man who went missing more than 40 years ago.
Businesses holding on — for now
Businesses holding on — for now
A new tourism campaign encouraging locals and the rest of New Zealand to explore Wanaka and the Upper Clutha may have come too late for at least one business in the lakeside town.