Wanaka in a sentence

Young Wanaka sisters Zara, left, and Lily Brown chat with a fellow student Rae-Ann Sinclair (centre) from Hawea at the 2023 Wanaka Autumn Arts School.

A huge crowd and a few protesters turned out for the annual Wanaka Rodeo at the Farmbuild South Arena near Albert Town.

Arrowtown produced a tryfest against Cromwell Cavaliers at Jack Reid Park, winning 66-9, as hooker Ben Carr scored a hat-trick of tries, while Upper Clutha rebounded from the loss to Cromwell Goats with a 34-12 victory over Maniototo at Wanaka.

Despite playing into a strong head wind, Wanaka played structured football, with Fletcher Cavanagh and Adam Hewson threatening with direct and skilful runs.

Idyllic Lake Wanaka has a big influx of visitors over the Christmas and New Year period.

In perfect weather and course conditions more than a thousand competitors, including some of the world’s best middle-distance athletes, competed in teams or as individuals in the 14th Challenge Wanaka event on Saturday.

MetService warned that snow was also expected to fall at the summit of Dunedin’s Northern Motorway early today, and the Queenstown Lakes District Council said the Crown Range Rd, linking Queenstown and Wanaka, was closed from 10pm last night.

Mr Roberts and his wife Nada have been in Otago attending the Merino Excellence 2020 Congress, and Mr Roberts also judged at the Wanaka A&P Show.

Photos: Kerrie WaterworthThe number of unauthorised recreational drone users operating on public conservation land around Wanaka and Mt Aspiring National Park is increasing and they are becoming a concern to the Department of Conservation.

Sticky Forest, on the outskirts of Wanaka.

The new $1.5million State Highway 84 underpass at the entrance to Wanaka will be ready for cyclists and pedestrians by the end of the month.

Upper Clutha resident Rik Deaton is taking on the Queenstown Lakes District Council and Wanaka Community Board over his thwarted plans for a new tourist venture.

Wanaka-based chef Lucas Parkinson was the guest speaker at the event and talked about the positive points and the challenges of establishing and running a venue with a genuinely local organic and seasonal food philosophy.

Warbirds Over Wanaka general manager Ed Taylor said the announcement would have an impact on the airshow, which is set to be held on April 10, 11 and 12.

Even in winter five to 10 groups came into the Wanaka i-Site every day to inquire about the condition of the mostly gravel access road and the weather in Mt Aspiring National Park, she said.

Focus: Penny Hunt talks about how Wanaka's water levels continue to rise.

Overnight rain in Wanaka delivered 15cms of fresh snow to the Cardrona Alpine Resort ski field and it was still snowing as of 9.30am.

Queenstown locals Ruby Andrews and Cool Wakushima were the respective winners of the women’s freeski and snowboard divisions, with Wanaka’s Luca Harrington topping men’s ski and Auckland’s Samuel Finnemore men’s snowboard.

Royal Wolf, which specialise in the hire, sale and modification of new and refurbished shipping containers, chose Cromwell because of its central proximity to Queenstown, Wanaka and Alexandra.

Similarly, the lawmaker that represents Ahoada West Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Okpokiri Wanaka Okpokiri, has called on the Federal Government and its agencies to urgently intervene.