Latest from Wanaka

'Views, location': Section overlooking Lake Wanaka sells for $3.5m
The agent behind the sale says the result reflects a growing trend.

'Coldest nights': NZ braces for another bone-chilling night as cold snap continues
MetService has issued road snowfall warnings for Porters Pass and the Crown Range Rd.

Polar blast: Coldest morning of year for many Kiwis
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch all had their iciest mornings for 2025.

Inter-island ferry sailings cancelled; heavy snow looms for South Island ahead of cold snap
Both the Interislander and Bluebridge ferry services have cancelled Cook Strait sailings.

Hundreds without power across North Island, road snowfall warnings in South Island
Meanwhile, Fire and Emergency were called to 60 incidents in the upper north.

This NZ skifield is now the biggest in the country
A development has nudged this field ahead of Whakapapa and Tūroa.

Kiwi startup lands TikTok as a client
Founder realises he has a blind spot - then corrects it.

Tech Insider: Willis offers some venture capital sugar, but is it enough?
Finance Minister delivers some unexpected Budget 2025 action.

First look: Inside stage one of new Wānaka retirement village
Nothing for under $1m here: the starting point is $1.24m, but prices go up to $4.5m.

MKR's Manu Feidel reveals what food Kiwis do better than the Aussies
"100% better than anywhere else I’ve been travelling around the world."

Touched mid-air: Student pilot's complaint against trainer mishandled by CAA
Former chief ombudsman Peter Boshier said the CAA botched response to serious disclosures.

'Snow likely': NZ braces for frosty start to school holidays as cold snap hits
Christchurch had its coldest night this year, reaching 0.7C.

The big chill: Kiwis wake to freezing temperatures as cold snap grips the country
Auckland had the highest early morning temperature at just 12C.

Society Insider: Buyers of $45m Qtown mansion revealed; Kiwi model at Beckham’s A-list 50th
And, how to make your first million, according to 'Boss Babe'; event maestro's hospo foray

‘They will go blind’: Healthcare too inaccessible for Wānaka patients, new report finds
Some residents travel seven hours for medical appointments.

Property Insider: Spooked by agency closures; developer retrenching; residents begin Amaia shift
People are alarmed by the JLL closures, asking what that says about the successful agency.

‘A delightful person’: Community mourns loss of prominent businessman after plane crash
Ivan van de Water was a respected member of the Gore community.

‘Shocked and deeply upset’: Lake Hāwea plane crash victim was flying in club event
One person was killed; another was cut from the wreckage with critical injuries.

Why there’s no public transport between two of NZ’s top tourist towns - yet
ORC says no plans for a Queenstown-Wānaka bus.

‘Super stoked’: Sadowski-Synnott claims record third world title
The Kiwi snowboarder has won her third slopestyle world title in Corvatsch, Switzerland.

Exclusive photos: Brad Pitt spotted filming in Queenstown
The Hollywood A-lister has kept a low profile since coming into NZ for his latest movie.