Motorists upset by regular hold-ups on State Highway 6 at
the Nevis Bluff in the Kawarau Gorge are asking why a
permanent fix can't be found to stop the instability which at
times sends huge rocks raining down on the highway. The NZ
Transport Agency took Tracey Roxburgh of the Otago Daily
Times high above the area to explain why there is no
simple ''fix'' for the problem.
Night-time closures and increased monitoring on the Milford
road will continue until weather conditions allow the New
Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) to finish an inspection of a
rockfall area.
The New Zealand Transport Agency is about four weeks away
from completing the most extensive work on the Nevis Bluff
since 2000, with about 600cu m of rock removed from its face.
Glenorchy residents have been fighting the proposal for a
11.6km tunnel linking Routeburn Rd in Mt Aspiring National
Park to the Hollyford Rd in the Fiordland National Park.
Christina McDonald talks to members of Stop the Tunnel about
the hours they have spent.
With both Wakatipu and Arrowtown rugby teams coming away from
the weekend with wins, Saturday's battle of the basin between
the two sides is shaping up to be another epic encounter.
For 40 minutes at the Queenstown Recreation Ground on
Saturday, it seemed Highlanders Andrew Hore and Tony
Woodcock, playing for Maniototo, would finally know what it
felt like to win this season.
It has taken almost four years and has cost the Queenstown
Lakes District Council more than $137,000, but Lakes
Leisure's fast hydroslide at Alpine Aqualand has finally
reopened - and the thrill-seekers are pleased.
Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Adam Feeley
has declined to disclose the details of a payout to former
Lakes Environmental chief executive Hamish Dobbie, who
resigned from his position this month.
