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    Police lack an overall digital evidence handling system, and, so far, the funding to get one....

    Helicopter involved in fatal crash belongs to Wallis family

    Updated 7.30 pm

    The helicopter involved in a crash that killed two people in Mount Aspiring National Park this morning was from the Wallis family's Alpine Helicopters.

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    Helicopter needed for work

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    Helicopter needed for work

    The man who originally installed a pedestrian bridge on a popular walking track in Hāwea says it will cost the council thousands to replace it.

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    $180m health services boost seen as stopgap

    Simeon Brown. PHOTO: ODT FILES

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    $180m health services boost seen as stopgap

    Wānaka healthcare advocates have welcomed a boost in funding for the area, but say the government’s announcement lacks clear commitments.

    Can’t see the fog for the tree

    PHOTO: EVIE SINCLAIR

    Can’t see the fog for the tree

    Fog sits over Lake Wanaka yesterday morning. Later in the day it cleared to a sunny 14°C.

    The story behind the photo: Aurora Australis over French Ridge

    The Aurora Australis over French Ridge Hut in Mount Aspiring National Park captured by Doc...

    The story behind the photo: Aurora Australis over French Ridge

    When Noah Bentley left French Ridge Hut to fill a jug of water, the green hue in the sky was a sign to grab his camera.

    Caught offside: football families fill church carpark

    Signs have recently been installed to stop people from using the private carpark at the Holy...

    Caught offside: football families fill church carpark

    A Wānaka churchgoer has expressed frustration with families using his church’s private parking before Sunday Mass.

    New manager for business chamber

    Outgoing Wānaka Business Chamber general manager Glenn Peat. Photos: supplied

    New manager for business chamber

    The Wānaka Business Chamber has announced Glenn Peat will be stepping down as general manager after three years in the role.

    Parent and child screenings back at Cinema Paradiso

    The owners of Cinema Paradiso, Carolyn Whitaker and Hamish Menlove, are starting new parent and...

    Parent and child screenings back at Cinema Paradiso

    Parents with young children will be welcomed to Cinema Paradiso later this month for the return of mums, dads and bubs screenings.

    Sink or skim: Hāwea hosts national stone skimming championships

    The host of the inaugural Aotearoa Stone Skimming Championship, Richie Laming. Photo: Ruairi O'Shea

    Sink or skim: Hāwea hosts national stone skimming championships

    In the days leading up to the Aotearoa Stone Skimming championships, reporter Ruairi O’Shea subjected the event’s organiser to an interview on the integrity of the event.

    Equine exhibition highlights connection

    Robyn Bardas’s three horse busts which represent the centrepiece of her exhibition, Bone Is Bone...

    Equine exhibition highlights connection

    Connection lies at the heart of Hāwea Flat artist Robyn Bardas’s exhibition, ‘Bone Is Bone’, on display at Te Atamira in Queenstown until June 14.

    Locals dominate sports awards

    Adam Edgar (left), of Forsyth Barr, presents the Forsyth Barr Supreme Award — the Bruce Grant...

    Locals dominate sports awards

    Wānaka athletes led the way at the Central Otago Sports Awards, with Zoi Sadowski-Synott and Luca Harrington winning the night’s big awards.

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    ‘Love of my life’ — still competing at 82

    Octagenarian Murray MacMillan is a life member of the Wānaka Rodeo Club as well as the New...

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    ‘Love of my life’ — still competing at 82

    Rodeos are ‘‘the love of my life’’, Murray MacMillan says.

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    'I’ll have to leave': Residents say brutal rates rise will drive them out

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    'I’ll have to leave': Residents say brutal rates rise will drive them out

    Distraught residents say rates rises of almost 30% will push families in Hāwea and Luggate into debt and destroy lives.

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    Rich-listers snap up '$140m' Hāwea farm

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    Rich-listers snap up '$140m' Hāwea farm

    A former Queenstown-Lakes District mayor and one of New Zealand’s richest men are set to take over a 3000ha farm in Hāwea Flat. 

    Support needed to cope with pressures

    One million people visit Aoraki Mount Cook per year and it falls on approximately 5500 ratepayers...

    Support needed to cope with pressures

    The argument that the Queenstown-Lakes District should be getting more from the International Visitor Levy (IVL) is a valid one.

    Mt Iron land transfer reflects urbanisation

    QLDC general manager community services Kenneth Bailey and councillor Nicola King plant trees to...

    Mt Iron land transfer reflects urbanisation

    Sprawl of the Wānaka township has resulted in management of the Mount Iron Reserve passing from the Department of Conservation (Doc) to Queenstown Lakes District Council.

    May an important time in the garden

    A thriving food and flower garden is possible in a surprisingly small space, while indoors you...

    May an important time in the garden

    The Southern Lakes Kai Collective is launching a monthly article series with the Wānaka Sun to help locals grow more food, save money and enjoy the satisfaction of harvesting from home.

    Teams have a boules at interclub

    Winners Mei Lian Dickey, Claude Valette and Bunny Hamilton at the annual petanque interclub...

    Teams have a boules at interclub

    From humble beginnings, a new sports club has become a place of community and connection.

    Rehearsals under way for production

    Rehearsals under way for production

    Suffrage leader Kate Sheppard’s story will be told by a community theatre group reflecting the depth of talent within the community.

    From one kind of tussock country to another

    Musician Janie Shaw, raised near Saint Bathans in Central Otago, is going on tour across New...

    From one kind of tussock country to another

    An ode to the 1960s and ’70s is how a Central Otago musician describes her first album Mythology of the Girls.
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