LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (June 21, 2011) - Lake Wanaka, the home of the South Island’s most iconic rugby ground, is ensuring visitors will not face any surcharges during the Rugby World Cup. A survey ...

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (February 12, 2010) – Lake Wanaka has recorded its highest ever number of visitor nights for December with increases across both the domestic and international markets. During ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Framed by the South Island’s stunning Southern Alps, a lonely tree has grown ...

New Zealand’s natural splendour is no secret, but there is a gem called Lake Wanaka that has been doing the rounds of social media for quite some time now. We are particularly talking about Lake ...

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Photo taken on April 20, 2021 shows the autumn scenery by Lake Wanaka in the South Island of New Zealand.(Photo: Xinhua) Photo taken on April 20, 2021 shows the autumn scenery by Lake Wanaka in the ...

Otago Regional Council monitoring shows Lake Wanaka's water levels went from 276.6m in January to 278.1m on February 19 before dropping again to 276.3m by March 31. The last big low was July 1992, at ...

Otago Fish & Game officer Cliff Halford believes a 12kg brown trout Wanaka woman Emma McIntosh landed recently is the biggest to come out of Lake Wanaka. "Every few years someone catches a biggie over ...

Searchers looking for missing helicopter pilot Matthew Timothy Wallis have pinpointed the location of the crash site in the depths of Lake Wanaka using sonar photography. The Otago Daily Times ...

This photo taken on Oct. 2, 2025 shows the scenery of Lake Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand. (Xinhua/Long Lei) This photo taken on Oct. 2, 2025 shows the scenery of Lake Wanaka on the South ...