Industry leaders Lake Wanaka Tourism are concerned the treatment of the lakeside town over the New Year period "bordered on exploitation", and have proposed a post-summer debriefing to local policymakers.
Working with visitors and a range of other partners and volunteers, Eco Wanaka Adventures has planted around 8000 trees on Mou Waho Island and is building 'weta motels' to to allow the endemic weta to survive.