Milford Sound master plan: Entry fee for overseas visitors? Wed, 28 Jul 2021, 2:22PM
Milford Sound is set for change, with the possibility of a ban on fixed-wing aircraft, overseas visitors having to pay to enter the area and a ban on cruise ships in the inner sound. (Photo / Supplied)
Milford Sound master plan: Entry fee for overseas visitors? Wed, 28 Jul 2021, 2:22PM
Milford Sound is set for change, with the possibility of a ban on fixed-wing aircraft, overseas visitors having to pay to enter the area and a ban on cruise ships in the inner sound.
The government has confirmed that work by an expert group into the future of Milford Sound will proceed to its next stage.
There are fears rural communities in the south may be left behind during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
A clinic was planned for Ranfurly in Central Otago on 26 July, Southern DHB says.
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Community leaders say there has been scant information about when vulnerable populations in remote areas can expect to be inoculated.
The Southern DHB said more clinics would open by the end of July in remote areas so no one was more than an hour from the nearest clinic.
Fiordland Community Board chair Sarah Greaney said despite group 3 - those over 65 or at greater risk from Covid-19 - being eligible for the vaccine, the nearest clinic at present was 140km away in Gore.
A clinic was planned for Ranfurly in Central Otago in late July, Southern DHB says. Fiordland Community Board chair Sarah Greaney said despite group 3 – those over 65 or at greater risk from Covid-19 – being eligible for the vaccine, the nearest clinic at present was 140km away in Gore. She had to take her husband even further, to Queenstown, to get his two shots. “But of course it has meant a four-and-a-half hour round trip to go to Queenstown to get it done, and I do know of a lot of other people who have done the same thing because they want to be vaccinated,” she said.
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“We are still seeing people moving into the area for various reasons.” The board decided in October 2020 to go with a higher density option, amending the concept plan to 78 lots on the 12.6 hectare section. The plan would also include emergency housing, and the board was working with the Southland Housing Action Forum and government agencies, Greaney said.
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Fiordland Community Board chair Sarah Greaney says Te Anau is open for business. Several tourism-reliant businesses in Te Anau have folded since borders closed last year because travel and international tourism stopped because of the pandemic. Slowing the development was mentioned, but never considered, Greaney said.