Young Wānaka snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has claimed the gold medal at the FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup held in Kreischberg, Austria over the weekend. This was the first Snowboard Big Air World Cup of the season and the first opportunity for...... Read More

The three-storey Basecamp building in West Meadows, which includes Ruby’s Cinema, has sold to an undisclosed buyer. However, while he could not say who bought it, former owner Allan Dippie said the cinema and Basecamp Climbing Centre operations...... Read More

It’s been a rough start to the year for Central Otago fruit orchards, as many have suffered at least 40 per cent damage to their cherry crop after the New Year’s heavy rainfall, with apricots and other stone fruits also affected. After initial...... Read More

Alcohol harm safety response organisation Red Frogs New Zealand were busier than ever over the holiday period as more people took to the Wānaka lakefront between December 29 and 31. Around 40 volunteers from all over the South Island, and as far afield...... Read More

Despite a large-scale clean up last winter, new signage installed by Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC), and the continued efforts of Clean up the Cardrona coordinator Chrissie Thomson, illegal dumping has continued at the Cardrona riverbed, with...... Read More

New Zealand has been slammed as the ninth deadliest nation in the world to drive in, according to a new survey by London financial website Nerdwallet. With a higher than usual number of vehicle mishaps on the Crown Range alpine pass these holidays so...... Read More

Wānaka Police are delighted that good preparation and buy-in from the town’s bar owners resulted in a fraction of the disorder problems experienced in other years over New Year 2020.   Prevention Sergeant Darren Cranfield said Police...... Read More

Entries are now open for the nineteenth NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival according to Festival director Mark Sedon of Lake Hawea. The Festival was severely curtailed in 2020 due to Covid-19, but was one of New Zealand's first events to return to...... Read More

The 45-minute flights between Christchurch and Wānaka Airport that started in November are continuing to be well supported by Wānaka and Christchurch people.  Sounds Air chief executive Andrew Crawford said he was very pleased with use of the...... Read More

17-year-old Meg McLaughlan has raised more than $6000 for the Cancer Society and formed a fair view on which lake is coldest following her big swims of Lakes Hāwea and Wānaka completed on New Year’s Day.  “It was kind of weird coming...... Read More