
WSG letter calls on government to step in
Six community organisations have supported a letter written to the Prime Minister, Ministers and MPs calling on them to answer...
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz
Six community organisations have supported a letter written to the Prime Minister, Ministers and MPs calling on them to answer...
Doing up the former Mitre 10 building in Anderson Heights as a community youth and sports centre was a proposition put to...
Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult is confident that Central Government acutely understands the unique needs of the...
Cardrona Alpine Resort's lift capacity this winter will be 44 per cent greater than 2020 thanks to the reopening of...
A report about Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) procurement practice and specifically bylaw review consultants ZQN.7,...
The Cobra Club of New Zealand visited Wānaka last week as part of their inaugural southern run tour from Auckland to Invercargill. The...
Wānaka Preschool has reached an incredible milestone on their sustainability journey as they celebrate “reflecting”...
“You never know who needs the kindness you have to offer.” One of many inspirational messages that have...
The Integrity Homes Challenge Wanaka Festival Challenge Half saw 800 competitors enjoy the new course out in Glendhu Bay...
Departing at 4:30pm from the dinosaur park at this year's Festival of Colour is a special Wānaka coach tour - a play...
Some 800 bowlers from all over New Zealand are scheduled to play in the Summerset National Men's and Women's...
What is the most common surname in Wānaka? Well, if a report released on Thursday by the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths...
A survey of over 1,200 people in and around Wānaka has found that 74 per cent are opposed to a new international airport...
Wānaka multisport legends Dougal Allan and Simone Maier are once again the 2021 Kathmandu Coast to Coast Longest Day Champions...
Landlords who chose to rent their holiday homes out to seasonal worker may want to think again after New Zealand went through...
The Integrity Homes Challenge Wānaka triathlon is full steam ahead with the announcement of “the rest of New Zealand”...
Leaving South Island tourism businesses to fend for themselves while the borders are shut has been compared to slaughtering...
The technology is becoming the mainstay of the infrastructure inspections following a small successful trial in 2018 of the...
An incident last month has locals in Northlake concerned after it took half an hour for an ambulance to arrive on the scene...
Emergency Management Otago is encouraging residents across the region to sign up to Gets Ready, a two-way communication tool...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the date of the first Matariki public holiday. Ardern said the date - Friday...
One of Mount Aspiring National Park's most popular day walks – the Rob Roy Track, has officially reopened, the...
Coastguard Wānaka Lakes were put to task with an unusual rescue mission last weekend when two kayakers capsized on the lake...
New Zealand celebrities and entertainers are set to captivate the crowds at the Wanaka A&P Show on March 12-13, 2021. Nashville-based...
Three fully-fledged native NZ falcon chicks are ready to leave their nest site in Albert Town at the end of the first major...
This March, Wastebusters is once again turning the spotlight on fashion waste by encouraging people to have a go...
Flood damage repair works on the bank of Clutha River in Albert Town have been completed. Heavy rain in December 2019 and...
The Masonic Lodge, Wānaka has made a $10,000 donation to Coastguard Wānaka Lakes (CWL) to go towards the proposed Marine...
Wānaka Chamber of Commerce is encouraging all local businesses to contribute to the annual business confidence survey to...
Many people in the Queenstown Lakes District have an “overwhelming sense of job insecurity” because of the impacts...
New research released on Tuesday shows Otago and Southland are among the four regions expected to be most negatively affected...
Wānaka's only secondary school, Mount Aspiring College (MAC), has recorded significantly higher than average National...
The Upper Clutha will be host to the first non-network solar power solution introduced in New Zealand. Eric Pyle,...
Philip Tremewan has been at the forefront of Wanaka's Festival of Colour as director since its inception in 2005. After...
A new social advocacy campaign to encourage Kiwis to share something new while travelling around the country has been launched...
The Wānaka Community Spring on Lakeside Road is sparkling once again after an open community working bee held by the Community...
The board of Lake Wanaka Tourism (LWT) is pleased to announce Tim Barke as the organisation's General Manager. Mat...
Wānaka Search and Rescue is having a quiet season with only three callouts over the December-January period. Aaron Nicholson,...
Local dad-and-daughter duo Jarrod and Maddi Frazer, otherwise known as Team Lake Wānaka, will join 59 other teams to drive...
Mt Iron residents voiced their frustrations with Council resource consent requirements for vegetation clearance at a fire...