Oban, Stewart Island. Photo: Getty ImagesTagging on and off has been floated as an idea to manage landing fees for non-recreational jetty users on Rakiura/Stewart Island. A new method for charging non-recreational jetty users was presented at yesterday’s Southland District Council meeting, after three years of back and forth dialogue between and Rakiura/Stewart Island jetty stakeholders. Councillor Karyn Owen questioned whether the Rakiura-Stewart Island Community Board had considered the option of charging a base rate, plus a landing fee, which could be monitored by an electronic sensor-based tag-on, tag-off system. The preferred option was a base fee with an additional charge based on the number of passengers using the jetty.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 18, 2020 15:33 UTC