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Volunteers sought for Wānaka Community Patrol

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By Mel Cusens
| The Wanaka App
The Wānaka Community Patrol is calling for more volunteers to help keep the Upper Clutha community safe. The patrol has quietly been operating for more than a decade. Established in 2014 by local residents, the group works alongside local police as an extra set of “eyes and ears” in the community. Volunteers patrol Wānaka and surrounding areas on Friday and Saturday nights in a marked patrol car, usually for around four hours between 8pm and 2am.
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Wānaka wedding industry thrives as bookings surpass pre-Covid levels ​

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By Mel Cusens
| The Wanaka App
The Wānaka wedding industry has wrapped up one of the busiest weeks of the year, showing the local industry is thriving. The main wedding season runs from October through April, with January and February typically the most in-demand months. Those working across the sector say bookings have returned to, and in some cases surpassed, pre-Covid levels. “It has certainly bounced back,” Tregold wedding planner Samantha Stout told the Wānaka App. The Rippon wedding venue.
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