A team featuring legends of golf, rugby and cricket will line up against some of Queenstown’s best cricketers as a curtain-raiser for this year’s 101st New Zealand Open. “This is the second year of the community cricket match and it...... Read More

Two teams met in a potential final on Thursday 30 January in extremely trying conditions of a North West wind that regularly provided violent gusts that not only challenged the bowlers but threatened to whip away the shades from their supports. The...... Read More

All our fantastic young footballers will be getting involved with ‘the beautiful game’ again with training starting for the new season. Kelly’s Flat and the Wānaka Recreation Centre (WRC) will remain as our football homes, but due...... Read More

At the recent NZ Rowings Championship at Lake Ruataniwha, the Wānaka Rowing Club had their best result ever. With 1230 competitors from 42 clubs, Wānaka entered 25 events, finishing in 11 A finals and 9 B finals; winning three gold medals, one Silver...... Read More

It was a sweltering 30-degree day last Friday, with a full house of about 7000 fans at the Wānaka showgrounds. Loyal locals came to support the Highlanders to victory, only to be stung with a thrashing defeat by the Crusaders. The Super Rugby champions...... Read More

Local freeskier Nico Porteous has finished fourth in the men’s Ski Superpipe on the final day of competition at X Games Aspen. Saving his best until last, Nico’s fourth run included a trick never before landed in competition, a double cork...... Read More

On January 25, local snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott finished fifth in the Jeep Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle at X Games Aspen.  When asked if she was satisfied with her results, Sadowski-Synnott replied “I am, given how tricky it...... Read More

Wānaka skier Hank Bilous has finished on the podium at the first stop of the 2020 Freeride World Tour in Japan. A blistering high-speed run incorporating some huge air time saw Hank score 88.67 points to finish second behind two-time world champion...... Read More

Wānaka freeskier Luca Harrington has clocked up some massive airtime in the Lausanne 2020 halfpipe to claim a bronze medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. The 15-year-old placed first in the halfpipe qualification round and came out swinging in...... Read More

If you’re a fan of netball, you’re in luck. The Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel have announced their plans to come to Wanaka on February 10 to host two events. This is the first time the Steel have come down here in a couple of years, and...... Read More