Mt Iron development declined to retain site’s rural character

The developer behind a proposed mixed-use development at the base of Mt Iron in Wanaka says he is disappointed for the company and the community that resource consent was declined.

Developer 'very disappointed' after consent refused

Lake Wanaka seen from the top of Mt Iron. Photo by Marjorie Cook.

Developer 'very disappointed' after consent refused

A developer is disappointed following yesterday's decision by commissioners to refuse resource consent for a proposed Wanaka development.

Negative test results at village

Over the next three months, the ministry’s animal health laboratory at Wallaceville, in the North...

Negative test results at village

Results of Covid-19 tests on four staff and three residents at a Wanaka retirement village have come back negative.

Nomad at risk of ‘falling in love’

Paul Coleman, of England, was nearing the end of a two-year, round-the-world cycling tour when...

Nomad at risk of ‘falling in love’

Spending an unexpected four weeks in lockdown in Wanaka is placing one nomadic traveller at risk of "falling in love" with the town and wanting to stay.

Predator trapping halted

Colonies of endangered native birds nesting on a braided river in the Matukituki Valley west of Wanaka are more at risk of being eaten by predators due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

Effort to refocus area’s economy recharged

Effort to refocus area’s economy recharged

Tourism, and the flow-on demand for construction, will no longer be "the only game in town" underpinning the Queenstown Lakes district economy after the Covid-19 pandemic, Mayor Jim Boult says.

Poison drop to stop predation of kiwi

Doc ranger Tim Raemaekers attaches a transmitter to one of the Southern Fiordland tokoeka kiwi...

Poison drop to stop predation of kiwi

Department of Conservation rangers monitoring kiwi chicks in the remote south of Fiordland are pinning their hopes on a planned aerial 1080 poison bait drop this month to stop the repeated carnage by stoats.

Tighter security at village after positive test result

Wanaka’s Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village has introduced tight security following a staff...

Tighter security at village after positive test result

Family and support people are now the only visitors allowed into the Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village in Wanaka after a staff member tested positive for the Covid-19 virus on Friday.

Wanaka retirement village staff member has Covid-19

Wanaka retirement village staff member has Covid-19

Family and support people are now the only visitors allowed into the Aspiring Lifestyle Retirement Village in Wanaka after a staff member tested positive for the Covid-19 virus on Friday.

Three injured in yurt blaze

Crews were called to three fires in Southland this afternoon. Photo: ODT files

Three injured in yurt blaze

A local fire chief is calling on families to be more vigilant following a blaze that injured three people and completely destroyed a tent home in Hawea last week.

Putting basics ahead of technology

Wanaka primary AP Jason Cowan works with children from room 12 year 2 on their skipping, crawling...

Putting basics ahead of technology

Using technological devices from a very young age appears to be having an impact on the oral and literacy skills of new entrant school children. KerrieWaterworth reports on how teachers at Wanaka...

Warning after family loses yurt home in fire

A local fire chief is calling on families to be more vigilant following an early-morning blaze which injured three people and destroyed a tent home in Hawea.

Lockdown catches out tourists

Leon (26) and Myrte (22) de Kleine, of the Netherlands, have had a last-minute offer of a Wanaka...

Lockdown catches out tourists

Some tourists and travellers in campervans and motorhomes have had to find last-minute accommodation after incorrectly assuming the Covid-19 lockdown applied only to New Zealand residents.

Lockdown creates new tourist trap

Queenstown Mayor Jim Boult. Photo: ODT files

Lockdown creates new tourist trap

Remaining tourists and those on holiday working visas appear to be the forgotten few in the Government’s latest response to Covid-19.

Distillery giving away top-quality alcohol hand sanitiser

Cardrona Distillery ambassador Sam Bickley pours free alcohol hand sanitiser into a container for...

Distillery giving away top-quality alcohol hand sanitiser

Supermarkets and pharmacies may be sold out but for those prepared to drive to Cardrona yesterday there was the offer of free hand sanitiser made with top quality alcohol.

Volunteers asked to wait on guidelines

Jay Simon and Julia Larkin have set up a Facebook page for messages from people in Wanaka who...

Volunteers asked to wait on guidelines

Volunteers offering to visit the elderly or people self-isolating are being asked to hold back until there are Ministry of Health guidelines to prevent the risk of the Covid-19 virus spreading.

Medical practices to advise on management plans

Medical practices to advise on management plans

Medical practices in Central Otago and Queenstown are expected to make a joint announcement this morning about how they will manage the Covid-19 virus.

Wanaka medical centres readying to face virus

The 15 interns who have already been found guilty of academic misconduct falsified paperwork and...

Wanaka medical centres readying to face virus

Aspiring Medical Centre and Wanaka Medical Centre have announced they are working closely together on a joint local initiative with the Southern District Health Board and Ministry of Health, in an...

The changing face of Wanaka

Work continues on the Sir Tim Wallis roundabout at the entrance to the Three Parks development in...

The changing face of Wanaka

Traffic congestion on State Highway 84 near the Three Parks development in Wanaka should start to ease in the next few weeks as the Sir Tim Wallis roundabout enters its final stages of construction.

Police probe 'senseless act of vandalism'

The Wanaka tree before it was damaged. Photo: Linda Robertson

Wanaka tree: Police investigating 'senseless act of vandalism'

Police are investigating after an apparent act of vandalism on Wanaka's well-known lake willow tree left visitors and locals disappointed and upset.

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