The inaugural NASA balloon launch has been deemed a success and it is confirmed that there will be a launch from Wanaka airport in April 2016. The test flight from Wanaka on March 27th had several goals, including completing a successful launch from a 45 degrees south latitude, which was achieved. Another was to remain [...]
The completion of the Wanaka CBD fibre broadband network has been regarded as paramount for the ability of local businesses to prosper and for the town to be able to attract business people wanting to relocate from the cities but yet still be able to compete with their city based counterparts. Wanaka a lifestyle and [...]
New Zealand’s largest private land protection agreement includes the ecological restoration project of a huge expanse of iconic high country land between Wanaka and Queenstown. The land is all under the foreign ownership of a Swiss based multimillionaire music producer. The land encompasses four crown pastoral lease packages totalling an investment package of somewhere north [...]
Kiwi regional airlines have announced plans for a new Queenstown regional air service offering a return seven day a week service between Dunedin, Queenstown and Nelson. The route would be serviced by SAAB 340 34-seater aircrafts, which are twin engine, twin pilot air pressurised aircraft. The service has regulatory processes to complete and airport timetabling [...]
The Warbirds & Wheels attraction will soon have the original car from the 1968 movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang exclusively on loan from owner Sir Peter Jackson to the Warbirds museum. The fantastic flying and driving machine will only be on display at Warbirds & Wheels in April 2015, and coincides with the Easter school [...]
Wanaka Airport could soon become a base for NASA if a test flight of a scientific balloon launch planned for March is successful. If the test launch of the balloon into the upper atmosphere from Wanaka was successful, more would be launched to allow scientific data to be gathered. The data would be used to [...]
Wanaka is the base for the 2015 GODZone adventure race. Fifty five teams are contesting GODZone the world’s largest adventure race which started in Wanaka, on February 28th, running nonstop over up to seven days. In its fourth chapter, the race has gone from Milford in its first year, to Mt Cook, Kaikoura and now [...]