history
TUKI 2018 is run by a non-profit group by the name of Lake Wanaka SouNZ Inc, with the SouNZ part reflecting our pride in the quality of Kiwi musicians and their music. Lake Wanaka SouNZ Incorporated was set up in 1997 and saw ten festivals held at the Rippon Vineyard under the name Rippon Festival. Now you are making history by being a part of the very first TUKI Festival.
Profits made from all festivals go directly back into future events and the Wanaka community. Since the first festival in 1998, more than $118000 has been put back into supporting music, youth, and the environment within the region, plus other parts of Oceania during particularly yukko times.