#wanaka — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: Fast-track studio project fails, morphs into housing development
Who remembers the Silverlight Film studio planned for Wanaka? It was a massive project offering ten sound stages, workshops, production offices, a film school, screening theatres, post-production facilities, back lots replicating international film locations (New York, Venice, European Cities etc), a lake, a medieval village, a banquet hall, a lake village and a replica of New York's Central Park.
The project received fast-track approval in December 2021.
I don't know why the Silverlight project failed, but it always seemed far too ambitious in scale. Now developers propose to transform the site with 240 visitor accommodation units, workers’ accommodation, two 18-hole golf courses, a driving range, a hospitality precinct and a hotel.
Because the world doesn't have enough golf courses.
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CW: Fast-track studio project fails, morphs into housing development
Who remembers the Silverlight Film studio planned for Wanaka? It was a massive project offering ten sound stages, workshops, production offices, a film school, screening theatres, post-production facilities, back lots replicating international film locations (New York, Venice, European Cities etc), a lake, a medieval village, a banquet hall, a lake village and a replica of New York's Central Park.
The project received fast-track approval in December 2021.
I don't know why the Silverlight project failed, but it always seemed far too ambitious in scale. Now developers propose to transform the site with 240 visitor accommodation units, workers’ accommodation, two 18-hole golf courses, a driving range, a hospitality precinct and a hotel.
Because the world doesn't have enough golf courses.
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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#Wanaka is a popular resort town in New Zealand which has plenty of things to do all year round and it has two of New Zealand's most instagrammable attractions. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/
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#Wanaka is a popular resort town in New Zealand which has plenty of things to do all year round and it has two of New Zealand's most instagrammable attractions. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/
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#Wanaka is a popular resort town in New Zealand which has plenty of things to do all year round and it has two of New Zealand's most instagrammable attractions. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/
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#Wanaka is a popular resort town in New Zealand which has plenty of things to do all year round and it has two of New Zealand's most instagrammable attractions. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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At the southern end of Lake #Wanaka in new Zealand is a lonely willow tree that grows in the lake. #ThatWanakaTree has become a popular tourist destination and make the tree is one of the most photographed trees in all of New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#tree
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At the southern end of Lake #Wanaka in new Zealand is a lonely willow tree that grows in the lake. #ThatWanakaTree has become a popular tourist destination and make the tree is one of the most photographed trees in all of New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#tree
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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We also visited the Lavender Farm in Wānaka, New Zealand on 31 Dec 2025. It has fields of lavender and farm animals, like this rather devilish looking alpacas.
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Spent the day hiking at Rob Roy Glacier Track in Wanaka, New Zealand on 1 Jan 2026. We took much longer than the stated time because we were distracted with making observations on the way, and by the wonderful views on the track and of the glacier.
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This is #ThatWanakaTree , apparently the most famous tree in New Zealand, growing in Lake Wānaka, near the shore. Taken on 31 Dec 2025.
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After Te Anau, we went to Wanaka, New Zealand. We stayed near Albert Town, so here is a view of the area from near the top of Mount Iron and of Lake Wanaka from Rippon vineyard.
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A case for organisations running their own ActivityPub servers
The internet has always been about standards, otherwise it simply would not work. The visibility of these for the average user has diminished as large platforms have monopolised activities on the web and run them with their own invisible data structures. Now the internet is the main form of communication there is a growing acknowledgement that organisations pushing updates to the internet need to do it in an open and and ideally internationally standardised format that allows it to […]https://blog.purewebhosting.nz/a-case-for-organisations-running-their-own-activitypub-servers/
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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#Wanaka #Lavender Farm has the iconic purple door right in their lavender fields. The door and the abundance of purple blooming lavender (from December through February) make it a top instagrammable spot in New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#farm
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At the southern end of Lake #Wanaka in new Zealand is a lonely willow tree that grows in the lake. #ThatWanakaTree has become a popular tourist destination and make the tree is one of the most photographed trees in all of New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#tree
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At the southern end of Lake #Wanaka in new Zealand is a lonely willow tree that grows in the lake. #ThatWanakaTree has become a popular tourist destination and make the tree is one of the most photographed trees in all of New Zealand. #NewZealand https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Wanaka/#tree
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Ok the blocks have been levered into position :) we have for our first effort at vitalising our town #wanaka into The New Social:
https://wanaka.social - The home trying to explain without explaining too much why it’s all cool.
https://hub.wanaka.social - The amazing #go2social that provides the ground we walk on.
https://app.wanaka.social - The cool #Phanpy client so people can get started.
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So we've have been kicking it around and there is nothing like trying. We're going to stand up a #Fediverse instance for our area of #Wanaka and #Hawea and see what our community can make of it. Best case vision we have is an #enshitification free that allows for harm free community communication and classified ad type exchange. Any thoughts much appreciated. Starting with #go2social and #phanpy
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CW: Surprise! Wanaka cell tower arsonist is a Sov Cit
Daniel Miller, 41, plasterer from Albert Town has been charged with five counts of "intentionally damaging a cellphone tower or telecommunications infrastructure by fire." They've got him for the Lindis tower as well.
But this cooker is a sovereign citizen who ignored the judge and kept speaking over her. She muted his mic.
When she gave him another chance he claimed he was not Mr Miller. "I’m a living man standing in my natural state."
Remanded in custody for trial in April.