Biographies about the people who shaped Wānaka and surrounding areas
All biographies have been compiled and written by a team of dedicated volunteers.
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Biographies are organised by publication date. If you would like to find stories about certain topics or individuals, please use the search function by typing in names, details or keywords.
John Roy
Pastoralist, surveyor, road engineer, and land speculator
Robert Wilkin
Settler or land speculator?
Albert Lafranchi and his Wristwatch
Tom Anderson
Pioneer at Queensberry and Luggate
The McCallum Family
A family amongst our first residents
Henry Maidman & Fanny Cole
The founders of the Luggate (Albion) Hotel
Alfred Pinn & Elizabeth Power
The professoress of music and the shipwright
Asher Smith
Carpenter and ship-builder
John McLean
Theodore Russell
Pioneer, entrepreneur and citizen
Sidney Morris Cornelius
Makarora Jack & Family
George Hassing
George? George who?
Henry Norman & Family
The Normans are coming!
Robert McDougall Snr
