Curlers in action at the national bonspiel in Naseby in 2015. It is almost at the point where thoughts of a bonspiel in Maniototo this year will be put on ice. The last bonspiel at Oturehua was in the 1990s and at Naseby five years ago. NZ Curling executive and Oturehua farmer Ken Gillespie said yesterday Oturehua had "brilliant" sunshine but fog was preventing a hard frost. "We need it to clear, but we don’t need the fog.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 26, 2020 16:41 UTC