Why we have sectors
In an emergency situation, WCRG is an information tree. Wānaka is a big place, and information starts hyperlocal, someone on your street knows what's happening on your street before anyone else does.
That's what the sectors are for. Each one has a sector coordinator and radio sets who gather what's happening in their patch and radio it through to the Emergency Hub. From there it goes to the EOC, the Emergency Operations Centre, run by Otago CDEM (Civil Defence Emergency Management). They take the full picture from all nine sectors and use it to work out where the response is needed most.
It works the other way too. Confirmed information from official channels comes back down the same path, through the Hub and out to sector radio operators, so people in their own neighbourhoods get reliable updates rather than rumours.
Nine sectors cover Wānaka. Find yours on the map below.
The sector boundaries
SECTOR 1 North Beacon Point
Bounded to the north by the lakeside, to the east by Peak View Ridge and Sticky Forest, to the south by Aubrey Rd, to the west by the lakeside.
SECTOR 2 North Lake, Hikuwai
Bounded to the north by the Clutha River, to the east by Gunn Rd, to the south by Aubrey Rd and to the west by Peak View Ridge and Sticky Forest
SECTOR 3 South Beacon Point
Bounded to the north by Aubrey Rd to the lake, to the east by the ridge above the Heights/ Ridgeline Reserve, Cliff Wilson Place/ Lismore Reserve Boundary and to the south by Hedditch St, Lismore St. Beacon Point Rd to the Lake, and to the west lakeside.
SECTOR 4 Mt Iron
Bounded to the north by Aubrey Rd, east by Aubrey Rd, to the south by SH84 and Hedditch St, to the west by by the ridge above the Heights/ Ridgeline Reserve, Cliff Wilson Place/ Lismore Reserve Boundary,
SECTOR 5 Albert Town
Bounded to the north by the Clutha River, to the east by the Cardronna River, to the south from the Cardronna River to the SH6 at the turnoff to Haast roundabout/SH6 and to the west by SH6/ Aubrey Rd to the Gunn Rd roundabout and then north to Kanuka Rise/the Northlake east boundary to the Clutha River.
SECTOR 6 Central
Bounded to the north by Hedditch St, Lismore St. Beacon Point Rd to the Lake, to the East by MacPherson St/Golf Course Rd, to the south by Stone St/Faulks Ttce/ the west AMP/Rugby ground reserve and to the west by the lakefront.
SECTOR 7 Wanaka Rural
Bounded to the north by SH84, to the east by Riverbank Rd/the Cardrona River, to the south by Cardrona Valley Rd and to the west by Golf Course Rd/ MacPherson St.
SECTOR 8 Meadowstone
Bounded to the north by the west of AMP/Rugby ground reserve to Stone St/Faulks Tce, to the east by Cardronna Valley Rd and to the south by Studholme Rd and to the west by Meadow Stone Rd (houses both sides)/Meadow Brook Pl to Cons Track.
SECTOR 9 Studholme
Bounded to the north by the Lakefront, to the east by Kelliher Drive ( houses both sides), to the south by Studholmes North Rd/ and to the west at the end of Heaton Park Dr/Mt Royfarmland/ Ruby Island Rd.