“If the stores didn’t open, the sudden influx of Kiwi holidaymakers would really struggle to be able to satisfy their grocery needs,” Laird said. She said this year’s Easter holiday comes on the back of “a very challenging year” for Queenstown and Wānaka, as they were “severely impacted” by Covid-19 and the lack of international tourists.
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Tourism in Wānaka was hit hard by Covid-19, as former Lake Wanaka Tourism general manager James Helmore explained in March. (Video first published March 2020). The two New World supermarkets can legally open on Easter Sunday due to the local policy of the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
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Supplied It has since restarted, but the final daily departure is now 4pm. The concession is permitted by a 2015 council bylaw, which is being updated. Of the 36 submissions on the new bylaw, 28 opposed to it, including the nearby Arthurs Point Community Association and some residents, who disliked the noise and waves created by the boats. “Every Arthurs Point local I have spoken to was amazed at what a positive difference it made to visit the river during lock down [with no jetboats],” one wrote. Kayaker and whitewater rafting groups want more access to the river. A Central Otago Whitewater Inc submission says that section of the river is a valuable and accessible teaching resource for beginners and intermediate level kayakers.