Stories about the development, events and community of Wānaka and surrounding areas
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Featured Stories
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Banks in the Upper Clutha
Not only farmers hated rabbits!
Short of cash? Make your own!
Buying land in Wanaka – 1860s problems
From horses to motors
The Smithy
Introduction of electric power to the Upper Clutha
Movies in the 1930s
The Wānaka Tree
The White Star Hotel
Where did they meet and dance?
Pembroke’s public library – when and where?
How Pembroke (now Wānaka) was named
Maps and their stories
1913 – the year of the lorry
The Wānaka Wharf and lake shipping
Ardmore Street
Rabbit killers
The weeping willow tree