Crimeline
Police are warning both overseas and Kiwi drivers to make sure they take regular breaks during long trips, or change drivers if they’re tired, after two separate accidents in two days this week in the Wakatipu when drivers appear to have fallen asleep at the wheel.
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We all know our district is a leading tourist destination, and we all feel the impact of record numbers coming to the jewel in New Zealand’s tourism crown.
Two American hunters had to be rescued, plucked from tricky, rocky terrain in the Upper South Wye Creek area early on Tuesday last week (10 February) after becoming exhausted, dehydrated and disoriented with insufficient food and water.
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