A stretch of the Mataura River as seen from the Mataura- Wyndham back road. The Court of Appeal has dismissed a case from the NZ Southern Rivers Society to have a judicial review of a decision to allow commercial rafting on parts of the river. An anglers group trying to get a judicial review of a resource consent to allow rafting operations on the Mataura River have lost in the Court of Appeal. READ MORE:* Group lodges appeal in Environment Court over Gore bridge* Rafting to start on Mataura River after anglers lose court case* Gore council lodges consents for new bridgePhillip Joostens in March 2019 applied for a consent to run the business on the river, taking various rafting excursions on different parts of it. However, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and awarded costs to the Gore District Council.

Source: Stuff July 05, 2021 04:41 UTC