Click through to hear about each of our key partners and supporters and learn about the role they play in Love Wānaka’s success.
Love Wānaka and Love Queenstown (our partner initiative over the hill) are delivered in partnership with the 45South Foundation (formerly Wakatipu Community Foundation) – a donor driven charitable trust that supports localised philanthropy in our region.
A portion of all funds raised are invested into an endowment fund with support from 45South – ensuring Love Wānaka creates long-term, substantial funding opportunities into the future.
45South is a registered charity in New Zealand (CC55258).
As our delivery partner, Lake Wānaka Tourism connects us with our local business community and our visitor audience, champions the initiative across their platforms, and provides the support we need to do what we do best.
Love Wānaka was the first project to come to life from our region’s newly adopted Destination Management Plan – Travel to a Thriving Future.
The DMP is led by Destination Southern Lakes, and is delivered in partnership with Lake Wānaka Tourism and Destination Queenstown.
Impact Partners
This collective of businesses go above and beyond to support Love Wānaka, choosing to give 1% of their net proceeds or a generous donation of $10,000 or more each year.
Wildwire, Wānaka Mountain Guides, Release NZ, Racers Edge, NZ Photography Workshops, Copper Beech Lodge Wānaka, Active Massage, Wānaka Flooring Xtra, Brand+Butter, Wānaka iSite Visitor Centre (Honourary Impact Partner) and Queenstown Airport (Honourary Impact Partner)
Business Supporters
A huge thank you to all the businesses, big and small, who support Love Wānaka and our mission of a thriving future for this place.
Partners
Edgewater Hotel; Whare Kea Lodge; WanaHaka; Wānaka Wine Tours; Discover Wānaka; Drink Sidetracks; The Alpine Group; Wānaka Top 10 Holiday Park; Skydive Wānaka; Wānaka Brew Bar; Base Streetwear; Nanny Goat Vineyard
Supporters
Marina Terrace Apartments, Lakeside Apartments, Beautiful Gardens of Wānaka; Fedeli; GOOD Travel; Wānaka Lavender Farm; Paloma Tacqueria; Rhyme and Reason Brewery; Red Star Burgers; WellBean Cafe; The Cardrona; General Service; PE Nation; Mountainwatch Travel; Untouched World Wānaka; Roam Clothing; Rhythm and Alps; Elaine Kelly Wellness