Happy 20th Birthday Wastebusters!

Last week Wastebusters celebrated its 20th birthday. Originally called Wānaka Wastebusters, the organisation became Wastebusters...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Mt Iron Junction: end in sight

A $30 million development at the junction of State Highway 84 and SH6 is still a possibility according to Mt Iron Junction...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

17-year-old to swim the lakes

Meg McLaughlan is no ordinary 17-year-old. The student from St Hilda's College, is planning to swim the lengths of...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Learning about fire from Mt Iron residents

Local knowledge around fire awareness and preparedness in the northern Wānaka and Albert Town area is being sought by fire...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Your orchard needs you

Local youth have been invited via Snapchat and TikTok to apply for cherry-picking jobs this summer. Kahu Youth Trust, The...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Horticulture measures a step in the right direction

Two Southern MP's said a Government decision to allow RSE workers in to help with this season's fruit harvest...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

TAIC reports on fatal helicopter break-up

Mast bumping caused an in-flight breakup of a helicopter over Lake Wānaka, said the Transport Accident Investigation Commission...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Peak of possibility

For most of us, one summit of Roy's Peak in 24 hours is enough. But local trail runner and Queenstown Lakes District...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

New chairman for Fish and Game

Ray Grubb of Wānaka has been elected the new New Zealand Fish and Game Council chairman, after Paul Shortis stepped down. Grubb...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

$2K raised for Volunteer South

The Nigel Latta “Resilience” Tour held during October has raised $2000 for the Volunteer South- Central Lake...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Watersports Facility celebrates first birthday

Wānaka Watersports Facility celebrated its first anniversary with an open day and family picnic at the lakefront site on...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

EDITORIAL: Tenure review system was not working

Look on page 7; there is an article on the demise of the high country tenure review system Back in the day, the idea of...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Makarora ultra-fast broadband continued

As a continuation from last week's story on this issue, Chorus has responded to the Sun by saying  it will have...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Wānaka Primary cleans up the lakeshore

Last Friday, November 20, Wānaka Primary School teacher Markus Hermanns organised a clean-up along the lakefront between...

Posted on 3 Dec 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Editorial: What’s in the weather?

Having been a mountaineer for most of my life, I have always retained an obsession with the weather. After all the success...

Posted on 27 Nov 2020 09:29
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Foreshore e-bike rental a no-go

A proposal to establish an e-bike rental on the Lake Wānaka foreshore has been denied consent by the council. LandEscape...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 20:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

$3 million funding coup for WAI Wānaka

WAI (Water Action Initiative) Wanaka has gained $3M in funding from Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) to employ Wānaka...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 20:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Risk over our heads: Wānaka festivals and Covid

When producer Alix Perez moved to New Zealand from the UK with his Kiwi fiance, and launched a sold-out tour with a Rhythm...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 07:11
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday

The Central Otago Regional Orchestra will be celebrating German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 07:07
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

$55,000 raised for The Hub

Over 500 people attended the Wānaka House and Garden Tour last weekend with a great many more wishing they had. The event...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 07:03
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

No parking for marina users

Marina development workers parking all day by the marina have left slipway users “angry and disappointed,” according...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:57
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Hāwea Flat School promised temporary classrooms

Around 7,500 students nationwide, and 265 at Hāwea Flat School, are set to benefit from a government investment of $164...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:52
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Mitre 10 opens doors to half the town

The long-awaited Mitre 10 Wānaka opened its doors last Saturday, when a very high turnout left drivers with no space to...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:49
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

18m high Santa for Wānaka

An 18m high Santa which once adorned the Queens St Farmers building in Auckland for 60 years has made its way south and taken...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Lake Hāwea has two new residents!

For a long as retired zoologist John Darby can remember there has not been a successful breeding pair of crested grebes on...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Tiny house nightmare

When Krissy Bain determined on a tiny house for her and her two children and found a kind landowner who would allow her the...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Last chance to share freshwater vision

A region-wide roadshow of community meetings about freshwater in Otago comes to a close this week, and people have just a...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

RRAG re-imagining Queenstown Lakes District

Re-imagining Queenstown Lakes District's economy and community wellbeing has been the work of the Regenerative Recovery...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Northlake granted second appeal

The Court of Appeal has granted Northlake Investments Ltd leave to appeal its District Court conviction for discharging...

Posted on 26 Nov 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

NZCC releases draft decision on Aurora

Last Thursday the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) released its draft decision on Aurora's proposed energy pricing...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Theelen reappointed as chief executive for QLDC

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) elected members have reappointed current Chief Executive Mike Theelen effective...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Staff training the Wānaka SAR way

Wānaka Search and Rescue (Wānaka SAR) had its annual training exercise earlier this month in anticipation of a busy summer...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Central Lakes Trust grants $1.8m

In what is the last grants round for the calendar year, Central Lakes Trust have granted a significant $1.8 million to 34...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Go-ahead for Marine Rescue Centre

Coastguard Wanaka Lakes (CWL) has been given the go-ahead to build the district's first dedicated Marine Rescue Centre....

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Motorist dies in crash

On November 12, a motorist died after their car crashed on State Highway 8A, which runs between Luggate and Tarras between...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Father and son celebrate at awards

It was a father and son night at the recent Annual Service Volunteer Fire Brigade Awards held in Wānaka. Rod Anderson,...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Crop Swap blooms into second year

The Cromwell Crop Swap kicked off its second season last month at its new location in the Cromwell Heritage Precinct. The...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Central Lakes Jobs Fair comes to Queenstown

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has announced it will be hosting the Central Lakes Jobs Fair, an event aimed at...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Cardrona wins national marketing award

The Cardrona Alpine Resort marketing team were recognised at the TVNZ Marketing Awards last on Tuesday, November 10, when...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Last Connection Cafe of the year

The final LINK Connection Cafe of 2020 will be held on this Friday, November 20, with a focus on youth activities and services...

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz