Wanaka

The New Zealand Travel Collective has added Wanaka Wine Tours to its portfolio of its curated tourism products.

Warbirds Over Wanaka has released tickets for its 2024 airshow, which will be its first event in six years.

Australia’s Hampshire Holiday Parks Limited has been granted Overseas Investment Office approval for the leasehold of five sites in Queenstown and Wānaka containing holiday parks and campgrounds.

RealNZ’s Treble Cone ski area near Wānaka has delayed its opening due to a lack of snow.

Club Wyndham Wanaka is undergoing a $2.2m upgrade of its 68 apartments and common facilities.

The operator is preparing to introduce a new sustainability-focused brand, which will adhere to strict green credentials.

The Department of Conservation is temporarily closing three popular walking bridges in the Wānaka area for safety reasons. 

Wānaka businesses and organisations keen to feature in a new Monopoly game now have the opportunity to purchase spots on the game board or its pieces.

The government’s $6m investment in the Winter Games will help drive southern tourism during the ski season and showcase New Zealand to the world.

Queenstown Lakes District Council is encouraging the community to think about how Wānaka’s newest public reserve could be developed for future use.

The Edgewater in Wānaka is undergoing refurbishments of almost a third of its guest rooms as part of a $20m investment in the hotel.

Visitor numbers at the Wheels at Wanaka have almost quadrupled since first running the biennial event in 2019.

Lake Wānaka Tourism has opened entries for its second Monster Children Film Awards, celebrating the theme of regeneration.

Destination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism have launched their community funding platforms, Love Queenstown and Love Wānaka.

The Queenstown Lakes District Council’s contestable annual events fund is now open to organisers.

Warbirds over Wānaka is returning in 2024 after six years.

The government is underwriting $4.5m to support a new film studio in Wānaka.

More than 44,000 people attended the 86th Wānaka A&P Show on Friday and Saturday after a two-year hiatus, injecting more than $28m into the local economy.

The Wānaka A&P Show will donate $1 from every ticket sold to farming communities affected by Cyclone Gabrielle.

Cardrona and Treble Cone are aiming to cut visitor numbers during peak periods.

Six operators have been recognised in National Geographic Traveller’s six best adventures in New Zealand.

Queenstown Mayor Glyn Lewers has thanked operators and people involved in the search for a Korean tourist who drowned in Lake Wānaka on Thursday evening.

Queenstown Lakes District Council is installing more signage and observing how people use ski lanes to protect boat users and swimmers around waterways this summer.

Freshwater monitoring buoys have been deployed in lakes Wānaka and Whakatipu as part of an effort to improve water quality monitoring.

The draft destination management strategy for Queenstown Lakes is now moving towards its second iteration following feedback from the community.

A $10m homestead will be a major feature of the $650m Mt Cardrona Station development and act as the heart of the alpine village.

Otago wine and food festival Ripe will return to the shores of Lake Wānaka on Saturday 18 March 2023 after Covid forced the cancellation of the 2022 event.

The second stage of the Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan will open to the public this Friday.

The operator has been ordered to pay a $315,000 fine and $64,000 in legal costs over the 18 October 2018 helicopter crash that left three people dead.

A new short video showcasing the local Wānaka film industry aims to promote the region as a strong destination for local filmmaking.

Destination Queenstown and Lake Wānaka Tourism have helped to develop questions on the visitor economy for Queenstown Lakes District Council’s latest Quality of Life survey.

Queenstown Lakes District Council is making a play for the management of Mount Iron Scenic Reserve, currently under control of the Department of Conservation.

The iconic Edgewater resort is losing its GM to the United Kingdom.

PACT is close to lodging its resource consent application for the new building, which will be constructed in two stages.

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark will visit Snow Farm near Wānaka on Saturday to officially open the new 36-bed Musterer’s Hut.

Winter Games New Zealand is returning to Cardrona Alpine Resort, Coronet Peak and The Remarkables this season.

NZSki has opened its Coronet Peak ski field near Queenstown with five of its eight lifts operating.

More than 1.5 metres of snow blanketed parts of Queenstown over the weekend, marking an “epic” ski season ahead for the Southern Lakes ski fields, says Destination Queenstown.

More than 200 people attended The Ignite Wānaka Business Excellence Awards last night to celebrate business resilience through the challenges of the pandemic.

SOUTH launches a new ski product designed to attract Australian visitors.

Hook Wānaka, Lavender Farm, and WildWire have made the shortlist for the outstanding in tourism category at the Ignite Wānaka Business Excellence Awards.

Lake Wānaka Tourism, in partnership with creative media firm Monster Children Group, has launched an inaugural short film award worth $10,000.

National Party’s tourism spokesperson says the minister won’t decide how the sector is shaped in the recovery – industry will.

Wanaka’s Ripe Food & Wine Festival and Ironman NZ in Taupō are the latest events to cancel due to capacity restrictions under Covid-19 red light settings.

The 2022 Wānaka A&P Show has been cancelled due to Covid-19 red alert restrictions.

Applications for the third and final round of the Southern Lakes Regional Events Fund are now open for events held May 2022 to February 2023.

Queenstown Lakes District Council is buying 100ha of land at Mt Iron and Little Mt Iron in Wānaka.

Silverlight Studios has secured resource consent for its $280m film studio development near Wānaka.

Lake Wānaka’s Edgewater Hotel says it will accept only fully vaccinated guests from this Friday 3 December, to coincide with the introduction of the new Covid-19 Protection Framework.

The Southland A&P Show on 5 March 2022 has been cancelled due to uncertainty around the new Covid-19 Protection Framework.