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New Zealand may be small but, with enough nous, you can easily get off the well-beaten track on your next campervanning trip, writes Sarah Bennett. Since I...

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The Waitaki Lakes camping season comes to a close this Sunday. The Waitaki District Council’s six camping sites battled through major flooding events, no international tourists, and restricted numbers at some sites during the 2020/21 season. Season tickets for Falstone Creek, Sailors Cutting and Boat Harbour had sold out by November, and casual camping was not allowed at those grounds from December 20 to January 10. It made things “a wee bit slow” through the Christmas period, with fewer ...

Hydro power: More dry weather may mean blackouts, switch to coal-generated 29 Apr, 2021 01:34 AM 4 minutes to read Lake Pukaki right now. Photo / Matthew Clark RNZ By Charlotte Cook of RNZ National grid operator Transpower says the hydro lake levels are at 67 per cent of where they would normally be at this time of year, but there is no cause for worry yet. New Zealands biggest energy consumer, the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter, today agreed to cut down how much power it uses for a month to sec...

National grid operator Transpower says the hydro lake levels are at 67 percent of where they would normally be at this time of year, but there is no cause for worry yet. The Manapōuri catchment area has had just 77 percent of its normal rainfall so far this year. Photo: 123rf The smelter consumes about 13 percent of the countrys power and it will reduce its hourly use by up to 30.5MW. A spokesperson said the decision would ensure there was enough supply for the rest of New Zealand. "We are pl...

A new $1.2m section of the famed Alps2Ocean cycle trail provides access to rarely seen South Island scenery.