Thread: Lake Ōkataina closed!!

Originally Posted by omark

Still closed and it’s been estimated that it won’t be open for 2 more weeks (for a temporary solution). When open access will be restricted to between Thursday-Sunday because of a lack of available regional council and talt staff. It’s a bio security nz notice so not sure what it’s got to do with these other agencies as bio security issues the notice so they should fund/provide the necessary resources, but no doubt they are having numerous hui in Wellington to discuss. I’ve asked why the bolder barrier on the road reserve can’t be removed and why the wash station can’t be manned 7 days

An email sent to F&G’s CEO remains unanswered. I am hopeful that the new minster of hunting and fishing might be able to help…..

Just to update you. There is still no wash station in place so you have to go into Rotorua to a car wash and squirt your boat with a water blaster and take a photo. Such bullshit. When you get to the ramp there is a chain across it and you have to show the woman (who was “on duty” a photo of your trailer being washed.

The ramp is like a dump site as there is a pile of rocks there and the jetty has been pulled out. The lake is very high (like it’s been many times before). The jetty has just been dumped at the end of the road…

Maybe TALT and RDC are going to put a floating pontoon jetty in to replace it? Does anyone know?

If not then it’s just another move to close our access to the lake and to make access hard so that we give up