Run for Life Education

The Life Education Trust is inviting members of the community to get moving with their mascot, Harold the giraffe, and raise...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Wānaka tour operator finalist in NZ Food Awards

For the first time, a Wānaka tour operator, Ridgeline Adventures, has been named a finalist in the New Zealand Food Awards. The...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Quality of Life Survey check-in

The annual Quality of Life survey has kicked off for the third year running at letstalk.qldc.govt.nz. Open to all members...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Welcome Forest for migrants and newcomers

Human Rights Commissioner Meng Foon will join Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) Mayor Jim Boult...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Old cars amongst dumped Cardrona River rubbish

Almost 1,200kgs (1.2 tonnes) of rubbish was picked up along the banks of the Cardrona River as part of Keep New Zealand Beautiful's...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Visitor Care still receiving hundreds of applications each w

Currently set to wrap up at the end of this month, the Visitor Care Manaaki Manuhiri programme for temporary visa-holders...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

New freshwater regulations add to the toll

I have been reading a lot about how farmers have to endure the new freshwater regulations (see pages 6 and 7). Farmers are...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Maternity care decision two months away

The future of maternity care in the Southern DHB's Central Lakes will be decided in November. The board has been consulting...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Image: Keep New Zealand Beautiful

Eighteen local volunteers picked up a shocking array of dumped trash along the Cardrona  River last week. Almost 1,200kgs...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Glen Dene declined consent to build

The owners of Glen Dene Station are considering an appeal after they were declined resource consent to create a two-lot...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Election Roadshow for Climate moves across the country

The Election Roadshow for Climate, an initiative of Extinction Rebellion (XR) supported by Aotearoa Climate Emergency (ACE),...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Free event alert: tickets online for RenewArt

Tickets are now available for what promises to be highly enjoyable and entertaining events for all ages, the RenewArt 2020...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Mayor Boult delighted at $8.5 million funding boost

Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult has expressed delight at an $8.5 million grant from the central government's...

Posted on 17 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

No pay rise for Councillors

Last week the Otago Regional Council (ORC) received a report about the Local Government Members Remuneration Determination...

Posted on 16 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

New Zealand First’s working-class man

The Wānaka Sun has been interviewing the five Waitaki electoral candidates over the past few weeks. So far, we have interviewed...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Local artists announced for RenewArt

The Three Lakes Cultural  Trust has announced the 41 successful recipients of the RenewArt grants.  They will...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

LoveWānaka, Supporting Local revitalised

With Alert Level 2 restrictions and ahead of shoulder season, Lake Wānaka Tourism has identified an opportunity to revitalize...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Torokiki first round closes

The first round of challenges on Queenstown Lakes District Council's (QLDC) community-driven ideas platform Torokiki...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

SDHB to hold mental wellbeing talks in Queenstown

The Southern District Healthboard (SDHB) are inviting members of the public to register for a free talk about ‘How...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Project Pure: extra $2.7m cost to ratepayers

Most Wānaka residents are unaware that Council is about to spend an additional $2.7m of ratepayers money to keep Project...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

End of an era: language centre closes

The Mount Aspiring College College Board of Trustees has this week made the decision to close the International Language...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

No Māori ward for Queenstown Lakes

A decision not to establish a separate Māori ward was unanimously agreed on at last week's Full Council Meeting...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Introducing Wānaka’s grebes to the next generation

Wānaka's local grebe expert, John Darby, has taken on some new helpers for his marina grebes project - the lake guardians...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Luggate Hall replacement revealed

Luggate locals were among the first to see a developed design of the permanent replacement for Luggate Memorial Hall at...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Search continues for missing paraglider

A Kiwi paraglider pilot and former Wānaka resident has been missing for almost three weeks in the western United States. It...

Posted on 10 Sep 2020 06:00
By Joanna Perry newsdesk@thewanakasun.co.nz

Local photographer wins up large

Local photographer Andy Woods has won big at the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) 2020 Iris Awards...

Posted on 9 Sep 2020 21:42
By Pat Deavoll editor@thewanakasun.co.nz

Queenstown Airport Corporation Limited confirm layoffs

Queenstown Airport Corporation Limited (QAC) has released its annual results for the financial year ending 30 June 2020 (FY20)...

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

Society slams Hāwea River development

The Upper Clutha Environmental Society has opposed a development to create nine solar-powered house lots at Camp Hill, next...

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

Sky’s the limit for environment champ

For Melanie Heather, Otago Regional Council (ORC)  Senior Environmental Officer who lives in Cardrona, knowing her work...

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

Troubling times with tahr

The Game Animal Council welcomed greater involvement in the implementation of the 2020-21 Tahr Control Operational Plan outside...

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

Comfortable? Obsidian winners announced

Team Wells were named champions of the Winter Games NZ Obsidian 2020 on Friday, August 28 after a tight race which came down...

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

There are benefits to Mackenzie fire

We've all seen the fire raging across the Mackenzie Country on the television the last few nights. Engulfing pine trees...

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

Doctor, full-time dad, now Green’s candidate

Between now and the election, the Wānaka Sun will be interviewing the five Waitaki electoral candidates. So far, we have...

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

28 days of skiing and $2,500 raised

He's up to 78,531 vertical metres, 421 runs down the slopes, and almost $2,500 raised.  Six-year-old Lochie Win,...

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

Baby on board: local gives birth on way to hospital

A Wānaka local gave birth to her first child out of her car on the way to Charlotte Jean Maternity Hospital last Saturday,...

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

Wastewater upgrades for Cardrona a step closer

Vastly improved wastewater infrastructure is on the way for Cardrona following the appointment of Apex Environmental to...

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

ORC to take over maritime responsibilities

The Otago Regional Council (ORC) last Wednesday approved the transfer of maritime responsibilities from the Central Otago...

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

Image: Goodbye Lake Aubrey?

Goodbye, Lake Aubrey? The Aubrey Road/Mount Ida Place intersection showed no sign of its usual surface flooding after Tuesday...

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

Behind the Challenge Wānaka move

Challenge Wānaka is one of the world's most scenic triathlons, but on July 22 it was announced that the event would...

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

Wānaka population set to double in 30 years

Wānaka is set to double its population in the next 30 years, according to the Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC)...

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