Everything you need to know about Twizel, Mackenzie
6 Mar, 2021 06:00 PM
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Jason Menard and his family at Loch Cameron, Twizel, Mackenzie. Photo / Jack Austin
NZ Herald
By: Jason Menard
Twizel wasn't built to last, but it ended up becoming one of New Zealand's absolute winners! Twizel was built in the late 1960s as a temporary town to house the workers on the hydroelectric scheme and was meant to be demolished in the early 1980s. The residents fought a lengthy legal battle with the government and the town was eventually handed over to the Mackenzie District Council. Back in the day you could buy a Twizel house for a ridiculously low sum of money, sometimes as cheap as a few thousand. There are stories of people trading Twizel sections during poker games!