A Dunedin veterinarian says introducing cat controls is about the welfare of the animals, not killing them.Veterinarians for Animal Welfare Aotearoa managing director Helen Beattie is trying to change the minds of those who are... Read...

A Wanaka family was surprised when permission to build its $20 million mansion overlooking Lake Wanaka was turned down by independent planning commissioners. Read...

A Wanaka family was surprised when permission to build its $20 million mansion, overlooking Lake Wanaka, was turned down by independent planning commissioners.The Wanaka family, which applied under the name `Nature Preservation... Read...

American billionaire Peter Thiel is prepared to dispense with a planned meditation pod as he seeks resource consent for a proposed mega house in Wanaka.Thiel has appealed against a Queenstown Lakes District Council decision to decline... Read...

Increases in the cost of living are cooling the sporting and social lives of rural teenagers.Last week petrol prices rose across Central Otago, ranging between $2.99 and $3.02 a litre in Wanaka, $2.94-$3.06 in Cromwell, $3.10-$3.13... Read...

A Central Otago couple have converted their farm to almost all-electric but are staring at a zero power bill.The innovative and hard work by Mike and Rebecca Casey at Forest Lodge Orchard in Mt Pisa, between Cromwell and Wanaka,... Read...

Today will be the final chance for Nasa`s super pressure balloon to launch.The fifth launch attempt scheduled yesterday was canceled because of unacceptable wind conditions.Nasa`s balloon programme office chief Debbie Fairbrother... Read...

Nasa has scheduled a last ditch attempt to launch its super pressure balloon from Wanaka on Friday. Read...

A man who stomped his victim into a coma in a Wanaka store will remain behind bars after a disagreement between psychologists.Ahu Stanley Taylor, 45, was found guilty of attempted murder and is serving a jail term of 10 years and... Read...

Nasa`s planned super pressure balloon launch from Wanaka Airport has been cancelled for today.Balloon programme office chief Deborah Fairbrother said the launch, which had been scheduled for 10 am, was cancelled due to winds.`Unfortunately... Read...