If you are looking for a more cost effective way to travel between Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown airports, the new Air New Zealand online taxi booking system might be what you need. Take a look at the press release below: Air New Zealand launches online taxi booking Wednesday, 16 February 2011, 3:00 pm Press [...]
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Yep, it is on again and the tickets are already on sale! The biennial Wanaka Airshow tickets are expected to sell out and fast! If you want to get in on the action it is highly recommended you get your tickets now for the Easter event! The 2012 event will be held over April 6, [...]
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If you are hitchhiking in the Wanaka area, please be on careful and on the lookout for a silver/dark grey four door sedan with tinted windows, spoiler and chrome mags. Police are looking for the cat after a 29 year man was assaulted near Albert Town. The victim was repeatedly kicked and punched by three [...]
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The festive season is here, but be warned, “Operation Christmas” is full force! The police are cracking down on unlawful drivers in the Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes districts. With a heavy flow of traffic expected to the area, the operation will be targeting speeding drivers, licence breaches, drunk driving and vehicle defects with the [...]
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At 6.50 am on 15/12/10 Wanaka Police were alerted to an incident in the MT Aspiring National Park. It was reported that a climber had fallen while climbing the South West Ridge of Mt Aspiring. Constable Mike Johnston stated the fall occurred while the deceased and his 20 year old male climbing companion where ascending [...]
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Everyone has been hit hard by the world financial situation, but it seems Wanaka just keeps getting better! Well that is what tourist numbers are telling us anyway. A challenging economic climate did not deter Lake Wanaka Tourism from attracting a record number of visitors to the resort during the past financial year. Lake Wanaka [...]
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Summer is just as busy around the Wanaka area as it is in winter. Below is a pressrelease published on etravelblackboard.com with details of what is happening over the summer months: A full calendar of sporting, family and musical entertainment makes Lake Wanaka the place to visit this summer. The fun kicks off this weekend [...]
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The 100% Pure New Zealand Winter Games in 2011 seems like a lifetime away, but we all know how quick the time goes between seasons so the games will hopefully be on the doorstep before we know it. In 2011 the games will feature up to 1,000 international athletes competing in 17 sports and 37 [...]
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The Wanaka area has been a well known hiking destination for sometime and that has just been enhanced with the completion of a number of new tracks for your enjoyment. Designed to highlight the region’s spectacular scenery to walkers of all ages and abilities, the tracks offer a mix of scenic day and overnight excursions. [...]
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Could you imagine the legs of steel you would have, the views you would experience, the people you woule meet if you went on a quest to ski over one million vertical meters around the world? Well Stephanie Jagger is on that very quest. The crazy Canadian is 29 years old and stopped by in [...]
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