Three people hospitalised after swimming in Mataura RiverRachael Kelly/Stuff The Mataura River. Three people have been hospitalised after swimming in Southland's Mataura river. There were a number of possible exposures, including swimming in the Mataura river, she said. "Environment Southland conducts routine monitoring of popular swimming sites around the region over summer. The results are available on our website, and this includes the Mataura River testing site at Gore.

Source: Stuff December 13, 2017 04:30 UTC