Easter Weekend: Complaint over Wānaka supermarkets flouting Easter trading rules
2 Apr, 2021 01:23 AM
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Easter trading hours are advertised at a New World supermarket in Wānaka. Photo / ODT
RNZ
A complaint has been made that two supermarkets in Wānaka have flouted Easter trading rules by opening their doors today.
An upset member of public alerted FIRST Union that two New World stores in the town were blatantly advertising opening hours on Good Friday.
FIRST Union southern regional secretary Paul Watson said he had contacted the Labour Inspectorate about the alleged breach of the Holidays Act, which requires most businesses to close on Good Friday.
Getting away from it all: Caravan appears on lake
18 Feb, 2021 05:39 PM
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Glendhu Bay Motor Camp manager Phil Hunt camps in the middle of Lake Wanaka yesterday. Photo / Jeff Donaldson
Glendhu Bay Motor Camp manager Phil Hunt camps in the middle of Lake Wanaka yesterday. Photo / Jeff Donaldson
Otago Daily Times
The grass beds of Lake Wānaka took on a whole new meaning yesterday, when a caravan appeared on the Glendhu Bay Motor Camp pontoon with a patch of greenery beside it.
Manager Phil Hunt said the old staff caravan was moved on to the pontoon for a bit of a joke .
Tour New Zealand on a vintage DC3 in the week s best travel deals
11 Feb, 2021 10:58 PM
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Douglas DC-3: Spend nine days on the vintage wings of the National Airways Corporation icon. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
Vintage wings on DC-3 safari
Experience a piece of New Zealand s aviation history as you tour the South Island, aboard a Douglas DC-3. It was the core of the domestic airline from 1947-1978. A nine-day tour is from $10,990pp, with twin-share accommodation in Christchurch, Banks Peninsula, Ashburton, Ōamaru, Te Anau, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, Milford Sound, Wānaka and Mt Cook National Park. The price covers breakfasts, a visit to the Little Blue Penguin colony near Ōamaru and cruises, including an overnight in Doubtful Sound. The tour begins in Christchurch on April 10.