Wanaka residents are being given the chance to voice their opinions on the two options for the town's new primary school. One option is to establish a new school on a new site and the second is to build a new campus of the Wanaka Primary School on a new site. In May, Education Minister Nikki Kaye announced about $16 million would be spent on the new primary school to ease the rapidly expanding school rolls in the town. The alternative option, also known as a split school, would mean the school would be split over two sites but operate as one school. There could also be challenges operating two school sites which could be physically far apart.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 12, 2017 17:37 UTC