Francesca’s Pizza will be serving fresh hot delicious pizzas at the Lake Wanaka Wine and Food Fest, this Labour Weekend. LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (10 October, 2012) – Lake Wanaka restaurants have been ...

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 ...

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (February 11, 2011) – Lake Wanaka visitor numbers continue to climb with the destination achieving one of the largest percentage increases in international visitor numbers ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The plug has been pulled on Lake Wanaka as the lake nears its lowest level in almost 30 years. Although it last rained in Wanaka yesterday, before that the most recent large rainfall was February 19.