Makarora

Makarora is a small community within the Queenstown-Lakes District of the Otago region of the South Island of New Zealand.

It is situated on on the eastern side of the Haast Pass and adjacent to the Makarora River.

Local tourism operators offer scenic plane flights and jetboating tours on the Makarora River, which is the border of the Mount Aspiring National Park. The 2022 film Nude Tuesday was shot at the Wonderland Lodge in Makarora.

Makarora Aerodrome is located alongside and across the road from the Wonderland Lodge, its ICAO is NZWM and uses one runway (15/33). The airstrip is home to Southern Alps Air, which is also based in Wanaka

Demographics

Makarora is part of the Outer Wānaka statistical area, which covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km².