Wanaka Sun
‘Deceptive’ and ‘disingenuous’
An application to allow a 257unit development in Wānaka to be used for yearround visitor accommodation has been described as ‘‘deceptive’’ and ‘‘incredibly disingenuous’’ by a councillor. However, the developer behind the proposal said the...
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Wānaka’s sewage being spread on Central farm
Wanaka ā wastewater containing 6500 times the level of E. coli permitted in industry guidelines is being dumped on Central Otago farmland. In January, Otago Regional Council granted liquid waste management firm SJ Allen resource consent to discharge...
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Tower troubles
A Wanaka ā woman believes a cellphone tower has wiped $160,000 off the value of her property — and warns it could happen to anyone. Aleisha Hildred said when she bought a home on a oneacre section in Northlake, in January, 2021, she was investing in...
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Gruelling toll at the top
When Kim Cadzow signed her first contract as a professional cyclist, the sky was the limit. For all the investment in aerodynamics and fancy carbonfibre bicycles, racing a bike boils down to the relationship between the power a rider can generate and...
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Mt Iron ‘key issues’ highlighted
Plans for 250 homes at the base of Mt Iron threaten to turn it into “an industrialised hellscape”, neighbours of the proposed Wānaka fasttrack development say. Neighbours of the development, which sets out to deliver 250 homes and other amenities at...
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Snow time like the present
Wanaka’s skifields could breathe a sight of relief this week, with snow arriving just in time for the school holidays. A testing start to winter had seen the opening of Cardrona Alpine Resort delayed by almost two weeks, with Treble Cone’s opening...
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