Over 500 people attended the Wānaka House and Garden Tour last weekend with a great many more wishing they had. The event was a resounding success- the properties were a fantastic selection of very different places- large houses, little cottages, and...... Read More

Marina development workers parking all day by the marina have left slipway users “angry and disappointed,” according to director of Wānaka Marina and Wānaka Lakes Coastguard volunteer Mike Barker.  Barker said that, despite the Wānaka...... Read More

Around 7,500 students nationwide, and 265 at Hāwea Flat School, are set to benefit from a government investment of $164 million to build new classrooms and upgrade schools around the country, the Education Minister announced last week. Amongst the projects...... Read More

The long-awaited Mitre 10 Wānaka opened its doors last Saturday, when a very high turnout left drivers with no space to park.  Co-owner and Chairman of Mitre 10 New Zealand Martin Dippie said he thought half of Wānaka had visited the store for...... Read More

An 18m high Santa which once adorned the Queens St Farmers building in Auckland for 60 years has made its way south and taken up residence at the National Transport and Toy Museum out at the airport.  Santa was built in 1960 by the Farmers department...... Read More

For a long as retired zoologist John Darby can remember there has not been a successful breeding pair of crested grebes on Lake Hāwea. But now there is! The pair have laid two eggs. “I have been aware that grebes have attempted to breed here...... Read More

When Krissy Bain determined on a tiny house for her and her two children and found a kind landowner who would allow her the space to carry out the build, she had no idea that ten months down the track her life would be a nightmare. Back in April, just...... Read More

A region-wide roadshow of community meetings about freshwater in Otago comes to a close this week, and people have just a few more days to share freshwater visions for their freshwater management unit or rohe. The Otago Regional Council (ORC) has been...... Read More

Re-imagining Queenstown Lakes District’s economy and community wellbeing has been the work of the Regenerative Recovery Advisory Group (RRAG) during the second half of this year.  This group of diverse individuals from across the district...... Read More

The Court of Appeal has granted Northlake Investments Ltd leave to appeal its District Court conviction for discharging contaminated water into the Clutha River from the subdivision in August 2017. The application was heard by three Court of Appeal...... Read More