Battery explosion cause of Wanaka house fire
The fire broke out shortly before 4am on Otago Anniversary Day.
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'In shock': Wānaka family loses everything in house fire
One of the family's dogs died in the fire.
Wanaka food and wine festival off to a good start
More than 2000 people attended the first Ripe festival on Sunday.
Fire crews at large house fire in Wanaka
Fire crews are at a large house fire in Wanaka early this morning.
Warbirds and RNZSAF to pay $616k over plan crash
Arthur Dovey's Yak 3 fighter plane crashed at the Warbirds over Wanaka event in 2018.
A third of Queenstown businesses 'won't make it to winter'
Bleak outlook for the next three months in New Zealand's hardest hit region.
Stranded Kiwis having their OE in Queenstown
A new business relocates Kiwis into Queenstown, Wanaka and Central Otago.
Huge film park planned for Wanaka
Proposed studio set will include a replica of part of New York's Central Park.
'Truly grateful': Wanaka Show to go ahead if alert level 1 returns
Organisers have gained the financial amount required for the show to continue as planned.
Earnslaw Burn new Instagram hotspot, causing queues and parking overflows
The demand to take a selfie has resulted in queues as well as parking overflows.
Couple's long Covid: 'They don't know if I am going to be like this forever'
This Wanaka couple contracted Covid in March last year. They are still suffering symptoms.
Strangers are spreading mysterious messages around Wānaka — here's why
The Herald tracks down the anonymous people spreading mysterious messages around town.
Base jumper 'bounces 20m or more' down cliff near Wanaka
The woman, believed to be in her 50s, had been base jumping in the Matukituki Valley.
Former maths teacher censured for 'sexual innuendo', drug use chat with students
Teacher discussed sex and drugs with Year 12 students.
'I'm not a vessel': Assault defendant denies being a person
'I'm not a dead, legal fiction': Wanaka artist in bizarre exchange with judge.
What not to do on your holidays - Tourism NZ
Before Covid, Roys Peak was one of the most Instagrammed spots in New Zealand.
'You killed my son': Mother's agony over gasfitter's fatal shower blunder
Justine Walker says no sentence will be enough for the death of her son.
Irishman's Creek reportedly going up for sale
The property, a short distance from Lake Tekapo, is currently a sheep and beef farm.
House prices double over past decade in some regions
Five regions recorded the biggest price rises - and one small district topped the lot.
'A very lucky young man': Driver freed after truck rolls off Crown Range road
The truck went 50m down a bank on the Crown Range this morning.
'It's freakish': Spontaneous combustion fires on the rise
Restaurant owner and brewer learned first-hand about the "fascinating, catastrophic" fire.
New Cromwell Gorge cycle trail comes with a caveat
The best advice might be to 'cycle, stop, look' so as to avoid 'cycle, look, splash'.
Foil surfing a hit at Lake Wanaka
The all-carbon-fibre product is designed to 'fly pretty much on the waterline'.
Wild weather: South Island flooding causes havoc, 1100 lightning strikes detected across the North Island
More than 1000 lightning strikes have been recorded across the North Island.
Flooding: Festival-goers stranded, roads closed, sandbags ready
The South braces for a long night as rain and thunderstorms sweep across the country.
Wānaka's super luxury escape, open to all
The Hawk House near Lake Wānaka is a private, luxurious haven.
One trapped after crash on Crown Range, road blocked
The two-vehicle crash happened about 2.40pm; motorists have been asked to avoid the area.
Happy Booze Year: Majority of New Year's Eve arrests alcohol-related
Police happy with overall New Year behaviour, but locked up dozens of boozed revellers.
New Year's Eve: All you need to know to ring in the new year
What you need to know to successfully bid farewell to 2020.
Emergency services ask for vigilance at New Year events in the South
Police expect "a degree of mischief" but hope people make the right choices.
Sold-out festival go-ahead was down to the wire
Organisers did not know until the morning of the event whether it would go ahead.
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