A question of scale

The Upper Clutha town of Wanaka earlier this year (pop. 6474 in 2013) with Roys Bay in the foreground and Lake Hawea (pop. 2172 in 2013) in the distance.

Some Lake Hawea township residents are using the urban sprawl of Wanaka as an example of what they do not want their town to become - preferring instead to remain a quiet, rural, lakeside village.