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Mountain Scene
By GUY WILLIAMS
The Whakatipu Conservation Celebration planned for tonight at the Kiwi Birdlife Park has been knocked on the head because of the elevated Covid alert level earlier this week.
But one of the speakers lined up for the event, local Department of Conservation boss Geoff Owen, says in a statement the community’s put thousands of volunteer hours into native planting and predator control efforts.
‘‘The birdsong is testament to this, as are the planted natives thriving where weeds once reigned.’’
He also gives a potted summary of other conservation efforts in the Whakatipu, including the wilding control group’s (WCG) operations covering more than 18,000 hectares since last July.
Mountain Scene
By MATTHEW MCKEW
There’s been movement, finally.
Department of Conservation’s (DoC) dropped the news it’ll install a toilet on Queenstown’s Ben Lomond to stop caught-short hikers causing a mess.
It comes a year after the mountain was dubbed ‘‘faecal peak’’ for the increasing piles of human waste.
Thousands climb the 1748m each year to take in the commanding views of Queenstown and Lake Whakatipu, but all too many were leaving something behind.
Retired teacher Mark Douglas has summited the peak 420 times and says over the years there’s ‘‘been more and more loo paper found on the side of the track’’.