6 Apr 2022

Lake Wanaka nears lowest levels in 30 years

From Checkpoint, 5:50 pm on 6 April 2022

The life blood is draining out of Lake Wanaka - water.

The lake is approaching it's lowest level in almost 30 years - threatening marine life, and worrying local farmers after what has been described as a summer of climat extremes.

Wanaka freshwater ecologist Chris Arbuckle talks to Lisa Owen.