Wanaka — The NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival has launched its 2025 programme and tickets go on sale today.

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Wanaka — We're excited to announce that Beth Rodden, widely regarded as one of the greatest rock climbers of all time, is set to headline the speaker line-up at the 23rd NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival, taking place this June in Wānaka and Queenstown.

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Wanaka — Nestled among breathtaking mountain ranges and tranquil lakes, Wanaka is more than just one of New Zealand's most picturesque locations — it's a thriving hub for local businesses.

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Wanaka — Police Search and Rescue are searching this morning for a man missing in a river in Mt Aspiring National Park.

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Wanaka — Adventure filmmakers and writers are once again invited to take part in the annual NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival.

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Wanaka — The Environment Court has made a decision to award costs of $44,199 against QLDC.

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Wanaka — Stage Five of the Wānaka Lakefront Development Plan and the extension of shared pathway Te Ara Wānaka are now complete, delivering improvements to safety and existing active travel connections on the lakefront by the marina and yacht club.

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Wanaka — The increasing popularity of Wānaka Airport for private and commercial users will see it obtaining a Qualifying Aerodrome Operator Certificate by July 2027.

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Wanaka — The NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival has announced its 2024 dates and opened competition entries.

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Wanaka — Police can now release the name of the man whose body was located deceased in Lake Wanaka on New Years Eve.

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Wanaka — Police have recovered a body from Lake Wanaka, near Waterfall Creek this morning, and are unable to identify the person.

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Wanaka — The Queenstown Lakes District Council has bought 8.3ha of land in Wānaka, next to its existing refuse transfer station and the Wastebusters site, for $3.36m.

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Wanaka — Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is calling on the Wānaka and Upper Clutha community to get involved and share their ideas for how they want to use, enjoy and manage Mount Iron Recreation Reserve to meet the needs of residents and visitors now and for generations to come.

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Wanaka — Wānaka is set to be immortalised in a special edition of the world-famous Monopoly board game later this year.

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Wanaka — Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) has appointed the former Chief Executive of Environment Southland, Rob Phillips as independent chair of the newly formed Wānaka Airport Liaison Committee.

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Wanaka — Snow Sports NZ is stoked to announce that Samantha Corne and Victoria Beattie are joining our team in two of our new and exciting roles.  Samantha (Sami) will be taking on the role of Sport Development Manager.

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Wanaka — David Vass, one of New Zealand’s leading mountaineers, has been named as the recipient of the Nankervis/Bamford NZ Mountain Book of the Year for 2023 for his book Not Set in Stone.

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Wanaka — Winter Games NZ has secured a five-year funding commitment from New Zealand Major Events (MBIE) to support the event annually through to 2027.    Winter Games NZ CEO, Marty Toomey said; “Securing a five-year funding commitment from central government allows us to plan our future with certainty.

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Wanaka — 100 hectares of land on Mount Iron and Little Mount Iron in Wānaka is one step closer to coming into public ownership, with fencing around the site near completion and settlement on the land purchase expected in early May 2023.

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Wanaka — The speaker line up has been announced for the 2023 NZ Mountain Film and Book Festival and includes an exciting mix of international explorers and storytellers as well as some local legends, all set to entertain adventure-loving audiences in Wānaka and Queenstown between 23 and 30 June.

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Wanaka — NASA is planning two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wānaka, New Zealand, in 2023, primarily to test the agency's SPB technology, but NASA also plans to fly a science payload as a mission of opportunity on each balloon.

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Wanaka — The dates for 2023 NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival have been released, with the popular seven-day event scheduled to run in Wānaka from 23 to 27 June, in Queenstown 29 to 30 June and online from 23 June to 23 July.

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