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QueenstownDecember 4

Water recreation tensions

Anglers want the Queenstown Lakes District Council to get its ducks in a row over recreation pressure on lakes and rivers.

DunedinMarch 15

Rescue mission follows divers' call for help

Divers in difficulty sparked a marine search and rescue yesterday afternoon.

DunedinMarch 15

Rescue mission follows divers' call for help

Divers in difficulty sparked a marine search and rescue yesterday afternoon.

EditorialJanuary 12

Heeding the basics

Some of the basic water-safety messages are still not getting through - particularly to New Zealand men.

QueenstownDecember 26

Warning to water users

Patrols will be out in force in Queenstown and Wanaka during the busy summer period, ensuring recreational lake users are adhering to the rules.

DunedinJanuary 10

Fewer drownings but powerboat incidents up

New Zealand had its lowest drowning death toll in six years last year - but the number of powerboat-related drownings is increasing.

QueenstownNovember 9

Kayakers rescued after difficulties in Kawarau River

The rescue of two men stranded in the fast-flowing Kawarau River yesterday was yet another "lesson for everyone" on the waterways to wear a life jacket, Queenstown Lakes District Harbour Master Marty Black says.

DunedinNovember 4

Swim skills targeted well

Sport Otago hopes to expand its learn-to-swim primary school programme to Central Otago and Queenstown, in a bid to target areas of the region which account for almost half of Otago's drownings.

YachtingJanuary 25

Yachting: Life's a breeze

Fraser Waters (12, right) leads Mathew Leach (11) around a buoy, with Kendall Brook (10) in the background, during the Otago Yachting Association-Water Safety New Zealand holiday sailing programme on Otago Harbour yesterday.

DunedinJanuary 20

Toxins leach into Otago harbour

The Dunedin City Council will consider costly improvements to Dunedin's water infrastructure to address fears chemicals leaching from former industrial sites are contributing to the contamination of Otago Harbour.

Central OtagoJanuary 6

Regular reminders part of the job

The "beauty" of Lake Dunstan is the seemingly endless beaches, lake harbourmaster Shayne Hitchcock says.

NewsJanuary 3

Testing helps farmers meet standard

Shane Hildred is used to having his occupation blamed for all the problems with New Zealand's waterways.

NewsJanuary 2

Time to walk the walk on water

Changes afoot in regulations governing water use in Otago will influence the region's prosperity for years to come, the Otago Regional Council says. Rebecca Fox looks at the council's sometimes controversial approach to water quality and quantity.

QueenstownDecember 11

Water safety emphasis at boating event

The Safe Boating Family Open Day was held at Frankton Marina yesterday. Together with free boat safety check-ups, sausage sizzle and a bouncy castle for the kids, each station emphasised safety messages including life-jacket use, marine fire safety and the need for good communications on the water.

QueenstownOctober 16

Southern Lakes target of safety campaign

A new Wakatipu water safety public awareness campaign has been launched, urging people who see danger on the water to call 111.

QueenstownSeptember 10

Group fears effects of dairy farm

A group of Hawea Flat residents has launched a campaign to protect their bore drinking water supply from the threat of dairy farm effluent.

QueenstownSeptember 2

Deaths prompt lake safety vow

Water safety groups and tourist operators in Queenstown have vowed to educate tourists about lake safety to prevent a repeat of last December's drowning of two French kayakers on Lake Wakatipu.

QueenstownAugust 19

Call to enforce wearing of life jackets

The Otago coroner looking into the deaths of two men who drowned during a collision between a jet-boat and jet ski has recommended wearing life jackets be made compulsory for all small-boat users.

North OtagoAugust 14

Slug-like creatures in water supply

Former plumbing contractor Maurice Kippenberger knows all about water, and he has had enough of cleaning slug-like creatures out of his home supply.

QueenstownMay 30

No cheap solution to algae problem

An investigation into the vexatious algae contamination of Wanaka drinking water has concluded a treatment system to eliminate the problem would be prohibitively expensive.

North OtagoApril 29

Life jackets will be compulsory in small boats

All people using small boats on Waitaki lakes and Canterbury waterways on holiday during Queen's Birthday weekend will have to wear life jackets or face paying fines.

DunedinMarch 14

'Doing what any good person would do'

Jack Malcolm can not understand what all the fuss is about.

NationalJanuary 30

Life jackets should be on what ever rules

There is nothing to stop councils enforcing changes to local bylaws making the wearing of life jackets compulsory before national rules catch up, some regional harbourmasters say.

EditorialJanuary 13

Jet skis: new source of water danger

QueenstownJanuary 10

Fine for kayaker without life jacket

An experienced kayaker from Europe "who should have known better", was levied an instant $300 fine for not wearing a life jacket on the rough waters of Lake Wakatipu, in Queenstown, yesterday.