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Police have confirmed the body located in the Clutha River last week has been identified as Central Otago man Wayne Hammond.

Programme helps eels make 5000km journey to breed 19 Apr, 2021 03:30 AM 3 minutes to read Catching eels in Lake Wānaka to save them. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / ODT Catching eels in Lake Wānaka to save them. Made with funding from NZ On Air. Video / ODT Otago Daily Times By: Kerrie Waterworth Catching slimy longfin eels slithering in the bottom of a boat and bagging them is the hardest part of Contact Energy eel fisherman Tony Hishon's job. Since December Hishon, of Te Anau, and fellow eel fisherman Chris Ramage, of Invercargill, have spent 40 days on lakes Wakatipu, Hawea and...

CHERIE SIVIGNON/STUFF Middle-age cyclist Danette Buchan recalls a three-day journey on an e-bike along some of the rail trails in Central Otago (video was first published in November 2019). Trust chairman Stephen Jeffery said he had written to Conservation Minister Kiri Allan seeking assistance and was awaiting a response. Allan was unavailable to comment to Stuff. The “stuff up” was frustrating for the trust and trail users who had waited 10 years to complete the track between Alexandra and Lake Roxburgh Hydro Dam, Jeffery said. “The opportunity was there and it’s just through i...