Christmas could be looking a little different this year, with wet weather already making its mark on the social calendar. Organisers of the Upper Clutha district's Christmas food-bank drive, due to take place on Thursday, are "extremely disappointed"...... Read More

Council is providing free access to two-hour service hubs to give campers the opportunity to use facilities to dispose of rubbish and human waste. If freedom campers choose to dispose otherwise, the money they set aside to have a good time in New Zealand,...... Read More

Mount Aspiring College enjoyed unprecedented success at the recent NZ Secondary Schools Track and Field champs in Wellington which saw the college take out gold medals in two relay events alongside an individual bronze medal.  Six MAC students...... Read More

Earlier this month the Wānaka Community Supporting Our Northlake Neighbours Incorporated Society’s (WCSONNI) request to the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund to reconsider funding was once again rejected. The group’s goal of challenging...... Read More

In total, just over $70,000 was granted by the Otago Community Trust across eight Wānaka-based community groups, such as: QLDC New Year's Eve Celebration; Upper Clutha Historical Records Society; Southern Lakes Arts Festival Trust; and the Alpine...... Read More

Michael Laws, deputy chair of the Otago Regional Council (ORC) has delivered a bold list of personal priorities that he hopes to include in the draft Annual Plan. Law’s priorities focus largely around the environment, with hopes of cash injections...... Read More

Otago Polytechnic has announced that their Outdoor and Adventure Education programme will be based from their new Wānaka campus starting February 2020. This programme has been a part of the Otago Polytechnic curriculum for over 20 years, and has trained...... Read More

Pedro Pimentel is the brilliant mind, and hands, behind the viral footage of the Wānaka flooding that dominated Facebook pages. The Wānaka Sun spoke to him about his drones, the idea that started it all and what we can expect from Pimentel in the...... Read More

Draft Wānaka Town Masterplan proposals Big Move one and Big Move three, which suggest connecting Pembroke Park to Lake Wānaka, have provoked some opposition since being released for community feedback between June 10 and 28 this year. The 10.506...... Read More

While it may look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, these pink glaciers are more than imaginary. In fact, they’re right in the heart of the Mount Aspiring National Park and can tell us a fair amount about the future of our climate. Despite...... Read More