Twizel
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Twizel is the largest town in the Mackenzie District, in the Canterbury Region of the South Island of New Zealand. The town was founded in 1968 to house construction workers on the Upper Waitaki Hydro
Twizel Tasman Road
Twizel (centre distance) from the air, alongside Lake Ruataniwha. Lake Benmore is seen in the foreground.
Two statues of black stilts (kakī) in the town centre, near the tourist information centre (background)
Heavy machinery from building the hydroelectric schemes at the entrance to Twizel (2019)
Lake Tekapo (town)
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Lake Tekapo is a small township located at the southern end of the lake of the same name in the inland South Island of New Zealand. It had 558 residents according to the 2018 census, being one of five
Twizel
…skiing. Twizel is 37 km (29 minutes drive) east of Lake Ōhau village, 30 km (20 minutes drive) north of Omarama and 60 km (42 minutes drive) south of Lake Tekapo. The present town was built in 1968 by the Ministry of Works and Development as a greenfields project to house workers constructing the Upper Waitaki…
Lake Tekapo Town Nov 242024
Lake Tekapo township as seen from the nearby Mount John University Observatory
Church of the Good Shepherd
The Lake Tekapo control gates regulate the amount of water reaching the Tekapo river (July 2020)