In April, RNZ confirmed something that Central Otago local news startup Crux Media had been reporting for months. E.Coli levels in the Shotover River, near Queens town's wastewater treatment plant, were four times higher than the safe swimmable levels.
In April, RNZ confirmed something that Central Otago local news startup Crux Media had been reporting for months.
E.Coli levels in the Shotover River, near Queens town's wastewater treatment plant, were four times higher than the safe swimmable levels.
Queenstown Lakes District Council had initially dismissed the reading as an anomaly or a "miscommunication".
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In April, RNZ confirmed something that Central Otago local news startup Crux Media had been reporting for months. E.Coli levels in the Shotover River, near Queens town's wastewater treatment plant, were four times higher than the safe swimmable levels. Queenstown Lakes District Council had initially dismissed the reading as an anomaly or a "miscommunication".
The strange saga of New Zealand's most controversial local news startup. Otago Regional Council is now running an investigation. It was a major victory for Crux's founder and sole reporter Peter Newport.
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