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50-minute wait a wake-up call: A Wānaka mother said she was left shocked after waiting 50 minutes for an early morning ambulance as her infant son struggled to ...
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50-minute wait a wake-up call
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Warbird crashes in Cromwell: A 1930s British biplane flown at the Warbirds over Wanaka air show has crashed while landing in Cromwell. 
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Warbird crashes in Cromwell
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Record numbers flock to Warbirds Over Wanaka show: Warbirds Over Wanaka International Airshow returned to Wānaka skies with a hiss and a roar over the Easter ...
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Record numbers flock to Warbirds Over Wanaka show
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Charity to offload rest-home; cites costs: Presbyterian Support Otago is selling a rest-home, hospital and retirement village in Wānaka ...
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Charity to offload rest-home; cites costs
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Warbirds over Wānaka was held nearby over the long weekend, and the plane, a Tiger Moth, had been flown at the show before this incident.
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On target: mountainous terrain perfect for Exercise Skytrain: The New Zealand armed forces practised hitting a different sort of target yesterday — Central Otago ...
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On target: mountainous terrain perfect for Exercise Skytrain
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Wheels show next year to be the last: The next Wheels at Wanaka is set to be the biggest yet, organisers say, but it is also going to be the last ...
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Wheels show next year to be the last
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One injured after biplane flips at Cromwell Aerodrome: The Tiger Moth biplane had earlier flown in the Warbirds over Wānaka airshow
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One injured after biplane flips at Cromwell Aerodrome
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Wānaka supermarkets choosing to deliberately breach Easter trading rules: By Niva Chittock and Danielle Clent of RNZ Foodstuffs says its Wānaka New World stores ...
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Wānaka supermarkets choosing to deliberately breach Easter trading rules
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Pilot ready to honour father: When pilot Fay Emeny takes to the skies at Warbirds Over Wanaka this weekend, she will be doing more than simply making her debut ...
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Pilot ready to honour father
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#PHOTOS US fighter jets, acrobatic teams and vintage aircraft have been attracting a sold-out 60,000 people to Wānaka for its biannual airshow after the event ... Show more
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Warbirds over Wanaka: Big crowd at practice day: Aviation enthusiasts turned out for a chance to see some impressive aircraft today ahead of the Warbirds over ...
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Warbirds over Wanaka: Big crowd at practice day
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Last southern hurrah for Hercules: This year’s Warbirds Over Wanaka will be the final southern public outing for the RNZAF’s retiring C-130H (NZ) Hercules ...
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Last southern hurrah for Hercules
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Airshow makes long-awaited comeback: Necks craned once again towards the skies over Wānaka yesterday as the internationally acclaimed Warbirds Over Wanaka ...
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Airshow makes long-awaited comeback
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Warbirds over Wānaka promises best ever show after six-year hiatus: More than 50,000 people are expected to attend the international airshow ...
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Warbirds over Wānaka promises best ever show after six-year hiatus
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Young Wānaka snowboarder soars to bronze: Wānaka snowboarder Rocco Jamieson has won bronze at the FIS Slopestyle and Big Air Junior World Championships in Italy ...
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Young Wānaka snowboarder soars to bronze
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All go for highly anticipated air show: Warbirds has liftoff. After six years stuck on the runway due to Covid restrictions, Wānaka’s long-lived crowd-pleaser is ...
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All go for highly anticipated air show
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Career-first World Cup podium for Wānaka freeskier Luca Harrington: Harrington claimed the first World Cup podium of his career with a third-place finish at the ...
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Career-first World Cup podium for Wānaka freeskier Luca Harrington
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Watch: Terriers tear it up in Wānaka show race: The historic Jack Russell race has become the blue ribbon event of the Wānaka A&P Show and Paul Dwyer was there ...
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Watch: Terriers tear it up in Wānaka show race
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Over 40,000 attend Wānaka A&P show: If the thought of herding kittens sounds daunting, spare a thought for those attempting to race Jack Russells ...
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Over 40,000 attend Wānaka A&P show
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Public urged to use phone after hours: Your phone is your saviour. That is Wanaka’s reality in an after hours health emergency. The scenario: It is midnight ...
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Public urged to use phone after hours
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Health hub build may start in the spring: Construction of a proposed new health hub for Wānaka could begin as soon as spring, while plans for a small ...
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Health hub build may start in the spring
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Wanaka A&P show: 'The best display of wool I've seen in a long time': There has been a record number of fleece entries at Wanaka's A&P show this year ...
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Wanaka A&P show: 'The best display of wool I've seen in a long time'
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Comment below to get a free Highlanders poster signed by the players. We will announce the 5 winners in our next Landers Chat ... Show more   www.odt.co.nz/sport/rugby/landers-chat
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Check out Friday at the Wānaka A&P Show. JK had a chat to farmers about mental well-being and we launched our Rural Champions 2024 campaign🚜🌾 See more here ... Show more   www.ODT.co.nz/rural-life/rural-champions/2024
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Fiordland and Wānaka top Insta spots: Beauty spots in Wānaka and Fiordland are among the most popular attractions in a new ranking of New Zealand's most ...
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Fiordland and Wānaka top Insta spots
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'History buffs' wanted for converted Hawea Flat church: The owners of a historic church in a picturesque rural setting near Wānaka who performed their ...
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'History buffs' wanted for converted Hawea Flat church
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Overseas interest in historic Otago home: Two historic cottages are up for grabs in Arrowtown, while a Wanaka home on the market was crafted using materials from ...
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Overseas interest in historic Otago home
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Picking grapes and brains: Three of New Zealand’s top female wine experts will be sharing their knowledge at an upcoming food and wine festival in Wānaka ...
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Picking grapes and brains
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Five-week detour on way at Wānaka roundabout: A detour will be in place for up to five weeks as work to complete a key Wānaka roundabout is carried out ...
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Five-week detour on way at Wānaka roundabout
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McDonald’s resumes Wānaka consent application: Wānaka fast food lovers can rest easy, as the resource consent application for the town’s proposed McDonald’s ...
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McDonald’s resumes Wānaka consent application
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New store operators enjoying the buzz: Northlake residents Riley White and Mackenzie Brownlee are in the pink after opening a new On the Spot grocery store in ...
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New store operators enjoying the buzz
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Movie studio may be hosting first project: After years of anticipation, the Silverlight Studios lot in Wānaka appears to have begun hosting its very first film ...
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Movie studio may be hosting first project
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LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TO GO!!!📣 Find everything you need to know in the official Wānaka Show Guide, published in the ODT this Thursday. We'll see you there ... Show more
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Mental health, family harm incidents ‘on a daily basis’: Wānaka police are responding to mental health and family harm incidents "on a daily basis" ...
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Mental health, family harm incidents ‘on a daily basis’
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Wānaka athletes top dogs on Longest Day: Wānaka has again provided the winners of the premier races in the Coast to Coast. Simone Maier triumphed for the fifth ...
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Wānaka athletes top dogs on Longest Day
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Shared housing for over-65s a possibility: A Wānaka steering committee has been formed to establish a new shared housing facility for older people in the area ...
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Shared housing for over-65s a possibility
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Motorcycle history up for grabs in Wānaka: A piece of motorcycle history is up for grabs in Wānaka, though you will need  $175,000 and a full tank of petrol for ...
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Motorcycle history up for grabs in Wānaka
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Aged-care village build set to start: Metlifecare is set to begin building Wānaka’s newest premium aged-care facility for up to 150 residents at Three Parks ...
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Aged-care village build set to start
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Our Search and Rescue heroes : When the text comes, these volunteers down tools to help strangers in their hour of need. But their numbers are shrinking.
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Our Search and Rescue heroes
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Burst water main forces Wānaka school to close early: A broken water main in Wānaka has left one house flooded and forced the town's college to close ...
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Burst water main forces Wānaka school to close early
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Unscripted plot twist over Silverlight Studios funding: Development of a $280 million film studio near Wānaka has suffered an unwelcome plot twist ...
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Unscripted plot twist over Silverlight Studios funding
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Red in colour, green in nature: This Wānaka house might be bright red, but beyond the eye-catching exterior, it also boasts green credentials. Kim Dungey reports ...
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Red in colour, green in nature
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Topp Twins return to Wānaka show: The Topp Twins are "extremely excited" to make their return to the Wānaka A&P Show.  The iconic musical duo will ...
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Topp Twins return to Wānaka show
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Nico Porteous wins XGames silver medal: Wānaka freeskier Nico Porteous has won a silver medal in a hotly contested X Games Men's Ski SuperPipe event in Aspen.
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Nico Porteous wins XGames silver medal
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Talk Waititi set to shoot film in Wānaka: Speculation is growing a feature film — possibly to be directed by Taika Waititi — will be made in Wānaka next month ...
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Talk Waititi set to shoot film in Wānaka
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Wānaka snowboarder Lucia Georgalli wins silver at Winter Youth Olympic Games: It is New Zealand's first snowboard medal at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
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Wānaka snowboarder Lucia Georgalli wins silver at Winter Youth Olympic ...
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Holiday crib that was bought for $210,000 ends up selling for $2.6m: Prices in Lake Hawea surge as buyers look for the next Wanaka or Queenstown.
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Holiday crib that was bought for $210,000 ends up selling for $2.6m
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Painter must pay former staffer $20K: A Wānaka painter who told an apprentice to take her grievance to a "no-win, no-fee lawyer" must pay her more than ...
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Painter must pay former staffer $20K
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Threats, indecent exposure in Lakes District 'rampage': A Uruguayan man who went on a ‘‘rampage’’ in Wānaka after a job offer was withdrawn is lucky to ...
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Threats, indecent exposure in Lakes District 'rampage'
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Probe into dog bite claim: The Queenstown Lakes District Council is investigating reports a dog bit a Wānaka child in a park on Saturday ...
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Probe into dog bite claim
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Body recovered from Lake Wānaka: Police are appealing for the public's help to identify a body recovered from Lake Wānaka, near Waterfall Creek ...
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Body recovered from Lake Wānaka
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Wānaka shoplifting complaints still on the rise: Wānaka retailers are continuing to grapple with shoplifting, with police warning those responsible the act was ...
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Wānaka shoplifting complaints still on the rise
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Water restrictions in Queenstown and Wānaka: Water restrictions have been put in place in Queenstown and Wānaka with immediate effect after a spike in usage ...
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Water restrictions in Queenstown and Wānaka
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Dog of the year Wilbur a hard-working therapy pooch: Every good dog has a great tale and therapy dog Wilbur the Cavoodle is no exception. Once a month ...
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Dog of the year Wilbur a hard-working therapy pooch
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‘Creative itch’ spurs lighting designer: Award-winning designer Tony Burrows focuses on doing things differently as he rationalises the challenge of designing ...
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‘Creative itch’ spurs lighting designer
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Mt Iron closures to be lifted; lack of signs decried: Partial closures of Wānaka's Mt Iron will be lifted from tomorrow, amid criticism of a lack of signage ...
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Mt Iron closures to be lifted; lack of signs decried
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Wānaka police warn parents about teen drinking and violent behaviour: School versus school fights , youth drinking and dangerous driving in Wānaka last night ...
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Wānaka police warn parents about teen drinking and violent behaviour
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McDonald’s resource consent put on hold: The resource consent application for Wānaka’s controversial McDonald’s restaurant was put on hold on November 30 ...
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McDonald’s resource consent put on hold
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Hotting up in the South Island: As hot temperatures are forecast for parts of the South Island on Thursday an extreme fire risk has closed a Wānaka reserve ...
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Hotting up in the South Island
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Three dead, multiple people injured in crashes across New Zealand: Updated: Reports have come in of another fatal crash on Te Ahu Ahu Road in Northland ...
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Three dead, multiple people injured in crashes across New Zealand
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Historic stone house sells for top price in tiny Otago town: Buyers tired of crowds and Queenstown and Wanaka prices snapping up gems further south.
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Historic stone house sells for top price in tiny Otago town
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Lake Wānaka death: Police name victim as 32-year-old Codey Jervis: He was 32-year-old Codey Jervis, a New Zealander who was living in London.
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Lake Wānaka death: Police name victim as 32-year-old Codey Jervis
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Rhythm & Alps: All you need to know: One of the country’s most southern New Year’s events, Rhythm & Alps, is back for another year of fun. Set to welcome 10 ...
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Rhythm & Alps: All you need to know
Quick Glance: Rhythm & Alps: Key Details
  • A popular New Year's event, Rhythm & Alps, is back for another year of fun.

  • Expecting 10,000 visitors at Cardrona Valley, the annual event has become a cherished end-of-year tradition.

  • Three days of singing, dancing, and good times await with performances by Kaylee Bell, Benee, Sachi and Sythony.

  • The festival has once again implemented a strict no-BYO policy, with any brought-in alcohol set to be confiscated - and that's not the only rule.
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Ticket sales up for New Year's music festivals but bad weather hits some: It has been a mixed bag for event organisers as the New Year's music festival season ...
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Ticket sales up for New Year's music festivals but bad weather hits some
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Wānaka waits for a blast of fun as the year winds down: It was very much the calm before the storm in Wānaka earlier this evening, as small clusters of people ...
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Wānaka waits for a blast of fun as the year winds down
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Police happy with night of celebrations: Police are crediting good preparation for the success of new year celebrations in both Wānaka and Queenstown ...
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Police happy with night of celebrations
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Fine day for a festival, but some more heavy rain expected on West Coast: Festival-goers in Gisborne and Wanaka can look forward to a fine day weather-wise ...
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Fine day for a festival, but some more heavy rain expected on West Coast
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Wānaka is not loving it: Residents fight plans for fast food outlet: Plans to open a 24-hour McDonald's in Wānaka have met fierce opposition from local residents ...
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Wānaka is not loving it: Residents fight plans for fast food outlet
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Mascot helps launch local-theme Monopoly: Wānaka's chamber of commerce is so keen to help drive business, it took "Mr Monopoly" and Queenstown ...
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Mascot helps launch local-theme Monopoly
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Student’s efforts a cut above: Wānaka apprentice hairdresser Jazz Edwards is the pride of her employers Ukiyo Salon and Co for winning an international award in ...
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Student’s efforts a cut above
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Locals fall for online tiny house scam: Social media fraud has raised its head in Wānaka, tricking several people into paying deposits for a tiny house ...
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Locals fall for online tiny house scam
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‘Disastrous’ wildfire risk warning: Not enough is being done to reduce the risk of a "disastrous" wildfire spreading out of control on a Wānaka ...
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‘Disastrous’ wildfire risk warning
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No longer a ‘little mountain town’: developer: Wānaka residents fighting plans for a McDonald’s need to realise the resort is "not the little mountain ...
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No longer a ‘little mountain town’: developer
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Lakefront design wins international award: The worst kept secret is out. Wānaka’s lakefront is a stunner — and now the rest of the world knows it ...
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Lakefront design wins international award
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Man who grabbed Wānaka bouncer’s crotch at risk of being deported: A man who grabbed a female bouncer’s crotch is at risk of being deported after failing in his ...
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Man who grabbed Wānaka bouncer’s crotch at risk of being deported
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Wānaka’s $100,000 bike park opens: A crowd came out to celebrate the opening of the new, $100,000-plus Lismore Park bike park in Wanaka on Saturday ...
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Wānaka’s $100,000 bike park opens