21 years’ service.PHOTO: KERRIE WATERWORTHA Wanaka detective who recently celebrated 21 years in the New Zealand Police force says Wanaka has the same issues as any other New Zealand town, except that it suffers from being so far away from services. Detective Alan Lee first came to Wanaka in 2008 to work on the front line. He moved to Alexandra soon after to work as a detective and returned to Wanaka police station as a detective following a restructure a few years ago. In his 11 years in Central Otago he had seen Wanaka evolve from "a two tourist seasons a year" town into almost a year-round tourist town. Detective Lee recently turned 50 which he found "a bit confronting", but said he planned to stay at the Wanaka police station for the foreseeable future.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 04, 2019 15:33 UTC