Towns & cities

Wānaka

ski and summer resort town in the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand

New Zealand · -44.7081, 169.1239

Wānaka is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 4 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“In New Zealand, the film was shot in various locations across Auckland, Rotorua, Glenorchy, Wānaka, Pukaki, and Christchurch.”

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wānaka as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Wānaka?

4 productions are recorded as filmed in Wānaka, including The Hobbit trilogy (2012), A Wrinkle in Time (2018) and Klara and the Sun (2026). 4 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Wānaka?

The Hobbit trilogy (2012), covered by 51 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Wānaka?

Wānaka is in New Zealand. Its coordinates are -44.7081, 169.1239.

What other filming locations are near Wānaka?

Treble Cone (20 km north-west), Tarras (27 km south-east), Arrow River (32 km south-west), Shotover River (33 km west) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.