Wakatipu

Overlooking Lake Wakatipu near Queenstown, New Zealand, is the Drift Bay house that architects Bronwen Kerr and Peter Ritchie designed for themselves and their three children.

The Drift Bay House by Kerr Ritchie Architects 2009

A new nine-day tour loops through them all, with stays at the Lodge at Kauri Cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean; the Farm at Cape Kidnappers in Hawke's Bay wine country; and Matakauri Lodge on adventure-friendly Lake Wakatipu.

New on the Travel Scene 2012

The country has built a brand around thrill-seeking and Queenstown, which started as a gold-mining camp on the shores of South Island's Lake Wakatipu, is the unofficial capital of the adventure industry.

High-Flying Adventure Andy Isaacson 2011

Anau, Wakatipu, Manawapouri, Waikaremona, and others, whose clear, glassy waters, surrounded by verdure-covered hills, gave some idea of the loveliness of New Zealand lakes.

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It was an understood thing for years that there was no sport for the fly-fisher with the trout at Wakatipu, but that theory has died out, for the very simple reason that the facts have altered.

Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile David Christie Murray

Te Anau and Manipouri and Wakatipu are as fine as the lakes of Switzerland.

Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile David Christie Murray

In the South Island also are the famous Otago lakes (Wanaka, Wakatipu, Te Anau, and Manapouri) of which the late Anthony Trollope wrote, "I do not know that lake scenery could be finer."

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

New Zealand glows in March and April, notably in the leafy corners of the South Island, where the burnished slopes around Queenstown are reflected in Lake Wakatipu, and the waters of Fiordland such as Milford Sound hold a mirror to the change around them.

The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

Due to limitations on the amount of available equipment for the open day, priority will be given to people from the Wakatipu, Southland and Cromwell areas who are trying an on-snow experience for the first time.

NZ On Screen 2010

A group ridding the Wakatipu region of wilding conifers is calling on the

Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2010