A couple of convoys each way? (30/12/2020 9:00pm), Closed due to microbiological results of shellfish exceeding the maximum acceptable limit of this program. McGinnis has never worked this close to the ocean before. The goal is like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey – " I want to take a big bite of [it]" – but bad weather keeps it out of reach for now. For Kaikōura residents, that situation is, at best, tolerable. He was driving home when the phone rang. PHOTO: IAIN MCGREGOR/STUFF. (24/12/2020 11:30am), Closed due to microbiological results of shellfish exceeding the maximum acceptable limit of this program. Man, I was out of there quick as anything.". Road workers have logged more 1.5 million hours on the job so far. While the crews are working long hours and often spend weeks away from their families, Dill says they know it's for the greater good – for Kaikōura and New Zealand. At night, the south Marlborough towns of Seddon and Ward are eerily quiet. Download with Google Download with Facebook. Two key parts of that route – SH1 south to Christchurch and the Inland Rd to Waiau – were impassable after the earthquake. Pressure to meet the milestones deadlines is tough, he says, but crews celebrate every little victory. (18/12/2020 11:45am), Closed due to rainfall exceeding the trigger level in the harvest area management plan. The drive is costly for the business and exhausting for Slade. PHOTO: SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF. • A long lunch on the Clarence River. TNT Towing. ... Clarence River. "Every week there's a couple of key targets and a few late nights, and it doesn't help that the concrete suppliers are quite under the pump as well," formwork carpenter Nathan Coy says. (26/10/2020 8:30am), Closed due to rainfall exceeding the trigger level in the harvest area management plan. PHOTO: IAIN MCGREGOR/STUFF. PHOTO: DAVID WALKER/STUFF. Before harvesting shellfish for human consumption, farmers should confirm the status of the relevant harvest area. (24/05/2012 10:00am), Closed due to rainfall exceeding the trigger level in the harvest area management plan. Containers surround a slip south of Kaikoura. PHOTO: IAIN MCGREGOR/STUFF. Due to the unpredictable nature of events leading to harvesting closures, and the fact they may not always occur during business hours, the list may not always reflect the most recent closures and conditions and is not intended to be legally binding. A train was stuck in a tunnel at the Irongate site following the quake. Patronage has increased handsomely this year from the presence of road workers. His priority, though, is people. PHOTO: IAIN MCGREGOR, Some people have been frustrated with the progress on the road. However, catches vary along the coastline (e.g. Further up the hillside, abseilers have to contend with goats. The seals will move back in. (09/01/2021 9:00am), Open for harvest and hold in accordance with the Harvest and Hold Scheme (07/01/2021 1:45pm), Zone is open for direct harvest and sale as prescribed in the harvest area management plan. (26/07/2020 9:00am), Zone is open for direct harvest and sale as prescribed in the harvest area management plan. River Valley Cooperative believes in giving back to the communities where our facilities are located and where our employees live, work and play. It stands out at the moment, but only because of the countless men and machinery peppered along its length, bringing it back from oblivion. .". Yamba Channel Reference. CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): Commercial and recreational harvests of fish from two eastern Australian coastal rivers, the Richmond and the Clarence, have been compared for the period from March 1988 to May 1989, using commercial fisheries statistics and a roving creel census of daytime recreational anglers. The company cannot launch its boats there, where it caught most of its crayfish. A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook loose more than one million cubic metres of earth from the hills, burying the road, destroying bridges and ripping railway lines out into the sea. (17/12/2018 9:00am), Closed due to rainfall exceeding the trigger level in the harvest area management plan. Many of them have December 15 – the elusive reopening date – etched into their minds. On top of that, the worst damage on the northern section – which needs the most resources – is right in the middle. Lazy Shag Backpackers owner Dave Stanford. Harvest is a leading developer of online monitoring solutions for a variety of industries. Most of the work is building seawalls, which will be at about half of their final height when the highway reopens in December. (19/11/2020 12:15pm), Zone is open for harvest and depuration as prescribed in the harvest area management plan. This NZ Limited Company have been operating for … A year, a month and a day to do the best part of a job which under normal circumstances should take a decade. "The end is in sight. That beard went back in September, when the first freight train rolled down the line. Clarence River - Weekend Netting: The whole of the waters of the Clarence River, together with all its lakes, lagoons, inlets, channels, creeks and tributaries, from its confluence with the South Pacific Ocean upstream to its source. Wooli Minnie News. (19/11/2020 12:15pm), Zone is open for direct harvest and sale as prescribed in the harvest area management plan. To have this on my CV, to have worked in Kaikōura, it's kind of world famous at the moment for being [the geotechnical site to work on].". About 4500 of them will be at Ōhau Point. Events leading to harvest area closures have an unpredictable nature and may occur at any time. 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