Wanaka Sun

Friday - 14th August, 2026
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Tower troubles

A Wanaka ā woman believes a cellphone tower has wiped $160,000 off the value of her property — and warns it could happen to anyone. Aleisha Hildred said when she bought a home on a oneacre section in Northlake, in January, 2021, she was investing in...

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Friday - 7th August, 2026
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Gruelling toll at the top

When Kim Cadzow signed her first contract as a professional cyclist, the sky was the limit. For all the investment in aerodynamics and fancy carbonfibre bicycles, racing a bike boils down to the relationship between the power a rider can generate and...

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Friday - 31st July, 2026
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Friday - 24th July, 2026
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Friday - 17th July, 2026
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Mt Iron ‘key issues’ highlighted

Plans for 250 homes at the base of Mt Iron threaten to turn it into “an industrialised hellscape”, neighbours of the proposed Wānaka fasttrack development say. Neighbours of the development, which sets out to deliver 250 homes and other amenities at...

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Friday - 10th July, 2026
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Snow time like the present

Wanaka’s skifields could breathe a sight of relief this week, with snow arriving just in time for the school holidays. A testing start to winter had seen the opening of Cardrona Alpine Resort delayed by almost two weeks, with Treble Cone’s opening...

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Friday - 3rd July, 2026
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Friday - 26th June, 2026
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Friday - 19th June, 2026
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Friday - 15th May, 2026
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