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  Clutha River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Clutha River is the second longest river in New Zealand and flows south-southeast for 340 kilometres through Central and South Otago to the Pacific Ocean, 75 kilometres south west of Dunedin.
Fifty kilometres south of Lake Wanaka, the Clutha reaches the town of Cromwell, which was substantially altered when the Clyde Dam project was completed in the late 1980s.
This heavy flow, combined with the relatively small size of the river in global terms, makes the Clutha notoriously fast-flowing, and it is often listed as one of the world's most swiftly flowing rivers, alongside Australia's Macleay and Fitzroy Rivers, the Amazon and Atrato Rivers in South America, and the Teesta River in the Himalayas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clutha_River   (802 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Clutha District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The area is roughly congruous with the Clutha District, which has its administrative centre at Balclutha is a town in Otago, it lies towards the end of the Clutha River on the east coast of the New Zealand.
Clutha, the country's second longest river, which flows from View of the southern end of Lake Wanaka, looking southeast.
Scots Gaelic for "Town on the banks of the Clutha (Clyde)") and there splits in two around the river delta known as Inch Clutha before reaching the The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Clutha-District   (4131 words)

  
 Clutha District New Zealand A to Z Travel Directory Balclutha Tapanui Milton
The Clutha River is an important part of Balclutha's history as it encouraged settlers to the area, brought prosperity with the discovery of gold, but also tragedy to the region with horrendous floods.
To the local Maori, the Clutha was known as Mata-au (which means surface current) but was finally named Clutha (which is Gaelic for Clyde) by the Scottish settlers, after a river in their native country, the Clyde.
The Clutha was also a rich source of gold and has become a major source of hydroelectric power with a flow rate of 530 cubic meters per second.
www.atoz-nz.com /clutha.asp   (4330 words)

  
 Clutha River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The southern end of the lake drains into the nascent Clutha close to Albert Town, where it is met by its first main tributary, the (additional info and facts about Cardrona River) Cardrona River.
Fifty kilometres south of Lake Wanaka, the Clutha reaches the town of Cromwell, which was substantially altered when the (additional info and facts about Clyde Dam) Clyde Dam project was completed in the late 1980s.
There are several (additional info and facts about hydroelectric) hydroelectric power stations located on the river providing clean environmentally friendly power to the New Zealand (A system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region) power grid.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/clutha_river.htm   (620 words)

  
 Clutha Glass - Old And Sold Antiques Auction & Marketplace
To produce Clutha glassware, a worker took up a light gather of pale ruby or pale yellow colored glass and rolled it over a marver lightly sprinkled with bits of colored glass and mica flakes.
Couper & Sons' Clutha glassware is full of character and quaintness, with little specks of color, and bubbles, and a general contour which tends to render the shape visible.
Another designer, George Walton of Glasgow, also produced several of the designs for Clutha glassware, and his initials will probably be found on pieces of this ware in connection with the maker's mark and the name "Clutha" etched lightly in the base of the article.
www.oldandsold.com /articles/article217.shtml   (505 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - New Zealand
The Clutha River, the largest river of the island at a length of 336 km (209 mi), originates at Lake Wanaka and is fed by several tributaries as it flows southward across Otago Province.
The Clutha River discharges the largest volume of water of any river in New Zealand and has been dammed in a number of places for hydroelectricity generation.
North of the Clutha, the Waitaki River crosses the Canterbury Plains in central South Island.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555687_2/New_Zealand.html   (1965 words)

  
 Clutha Mata-Au River Parkway - a project to create a conservation area along NZ's largest river
It carves 338kms from the Southern Alps to the Pacific Ocean, traversing the golden semi-desert heartland of Central Otago.
The Clutha Mata-Au is a world-class river and a major regional and national asset.
Unfortunately, the Clutha Mata-Au River is being quickly degraded by subdivision developments, reduced recreational access, loss of farmland and open spaces, habitat damage, invasive species, ever-increasing water extraction, and so on.
www.cmrp.org.nz   (276 words)

  
 places-Central Otago
A number of years ago, the Clutha river had been lowered, enabling a group of hardy souls to dig out a couple of steam locomotives from the river bed, and it is hoped that these would be running soon.
Situated at the junction of Highways 8 and 85, Alexandra owed its establishment to the discovery of gold from the Clutha river and environs.
In the early days Cromwell was known as "The Junction" as it is situated at the junction of the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers with a landscape consisting of bare rocky hills, and mountains, with tussock, briar and wild thyme as vegetation.
www.angelfire.com /ab6/madigan/places_Central_Otago.htm   (2652 words)

  
 Re Clutha Limited (In Liquidation) [2003] NSWSC 235
Secondly, he argued that the investigation was not for the benefit of the liquidator but for the benefit of a creditor funding the liquidator and constituted an abuse of process.
The chose in action against the former officers of Clutha forms part of the property of the corporation and its relative value is an important aspect of it.
It did not follow that because the funder of the liquidator was to advance its own interests, the liquidator sought to conduct the examination solely in the interests of that party.
cclsr.law.unimelb.edu.au /judgments/states/nsw/2003/march/2003nswsc235.htm   (2322 words)

  
 The Clutha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gordeanna fell in love with singing and travelled to London to attend one of Ewan McColl's classes.
She joined the Clydesiders and in 1964 joined The Clutha.
In 2001, the Clutha have released an album entitled "In the Braes" with Ronnie Alexander (vocals, guitar), Erlend Voy (fiddle, concertina, vocals), Callum Allan (fiddle), Gordeanna McCulloch (vocals) and Tom Johnstone (pipes).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Clutha   (379 words)

  
 Clutha Mata-Au River Parkway proposal - conservation corridor from Lake Wanaka to the Pacific
The Clutha Mata-Au River Parkway proposal was released on January 30th, 2003.
The Clutha Mata-Au River Parkway is a nationally important conservation project in response to extreme development pressure, especially in the Upper Clutha Valley.
The Queenstown Lakes District Council and the Central Otago District Council are assisting directly, and are liaising with the Clutha District Council, and the Otago Regional Council.
www.cmrp.org.nz /about_us.html   (495 words)

  
 Central Otago New Zealand - Heart of the South- Clyde
The Clutha extends south from its source in Lake Wanaka to enter the Pacific Ocean at Port Molyneux on the East Coast.
The Clutha is some 16km shorter than the Waikato River's 354km but with an average discharge of almost twice the volume.
The Clutha and many of its tributaries were rich sources of gold.
www.nzsouth.co.nz /centralotago/clyde.html   (841 words)

  
 Clutha Vet Association : Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Clutha Vets is a very successful farmer Cooperative Vet Club that has been operating in its current structure since 1947 and can trace its first farmer-employed vet back to 1912.
Clutha Vets is a mixed practice but has vets that specialise in the dairy, sheep and small animal areas.
He is a great loss to Clutha Vets and the Balclutha community.
www.cluthavets.co.nz   (188 words)

  
 New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz: Rocksnot found in upper Clutha   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It was possible the weed could take hold of the whole river, which runs for 338km, but areas such as the Lower Clutha were less likely to be affected because it was not suitable habitat for the blooms to grow, Dr Lane said.
The Upper Clutha River joins a list of other South Island rivers, including Hawea, Buller, Lower Waiau and Mararoa Rivers as being infected by didymo, which have all been declared "controlled areas" by Biosecurity New Zealand.
The council and Fish and Game Otago had erected signs along the Hawea River and the Upper Clutha, and both organisations were preparing education campaigns for the public, as well as talking to river users in the area at the weekend.
www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3431855a11,00.html   (488 words)

  
 Road safety issue - Location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The intent of the report is to highlight the key road safety issues within the Clutha District.
In the Clutha District in 2003 the figure was 60, down from a high of 74 in 2002.
The proportion of different road users injured over the last five years within the Clutha District is shown to the right and is detailed overleaf.
www.ltsa.govt.nz /regions/2004/dunedin/clutha.html   (754 words)

  
 Welcome to the District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Clutha District, an area of rugged coastlines, rolling green hills, attractive townships and clean rivers.
Clutha Health First (a community owned health service) provides a comprehensive range of health services to the local population.
Situated beside the Clutha River, Kaitangata is ideally situated to take advantage of boating, white baiting and fishing opportunities.
www.cluthadistrict.co.nz /visitor.html   (3916 words)

  
 Margins New Zealand
The Clutha, Waitaki and Rangitata catchments are underlain by a series of tectonostratigraphic terrains of Permian to Jurassic age which form the Eastern Province basement rocks.
Most Clutha sand is captured in a nearshore sand prism formed in the lee of a peninsula, near the river mouth.
A dearth of sediment injection points south of the Clutha River suggests external influences on the Eastern South Island Sedimentary System are minimal, but under contemporary highstand conditions it is open at the northern end.
baby.indstate.edu /gomez/margins.html   (7219 words)

  
 Draft Clutha River System Management Plan
It is also intended-and-hoped that the proposed forums will work towards the formation of a Draft Clutha River System Management Plan which accurately reflects the views and desires of a wide range of community groups.
If such an intention can be achieved the Draft Clutha River System Management Plan will be presented to the Otago Regional Council with a request that it be completed and with community agreement be adopted.
To provide for natural river channel flows in the tributaries of the Clutha effected by the existing and future irrigation schemes to meet the needs of fisheries, wildlife habitats and community recreation values.
www.converge.org.nz /sms/manage.htm   (858 words)

  
 The Lakesider: July 2000 Issue
Upper Clutha civil defence co-ordinator Dave Gillespie told a recent sparsely-attended briefing that his volunteers would concentrate on general protective measures unless a state of emergency was declared.
The secretary of the Upper Clutha Environmental Society, Julian Haworth, called the project a cynical attempt to push through a development which had significant landscape effects.
Despite permitted burn-offs in the Upper Clutha area being confined to late winter while the snow is still well down on the mountains, the huge smoke clouds over the skifields have led to many complaints in the past.
www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/4567/lake0700.htm   (5681 words)

  
 KAITANGATA - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Kaitangata is situated in the lower Clutha basin on the Matau branch of the Clutha River and 4 miles upstream from the mouth.
That portion of the Otago Block lying between the Clutha and the Tokomairiro Rivers was surveyed in detail by Joseph Thomas and R. Harrison under the direction of Charles Henry Kettle in 1847.
Access to the main highway and Balclutha (Clutha Ferry) remained primitive during the early period of settlement and the Matau branch of the Clutha continued to be the highway for Kaitangata until the middle 1870s.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/K/Kaitangata/en?print=true   (760 words)

  
 DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
The bridegroom was by this time one of the best-known personalities of the Clutha River district, and the wedding drew over 600 onlookers, with the Dunedin Salvation Army Band providing music.
A seacock on the Clutha had been left open and the ship nearly sank at Tuapeka Mouth at three o'clock in the morning.
He is remembered as one of the most colourful personalities in the Clutha district during the era of river trade.
www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=3T42   (756 words)

  
 Christopher Dresser's Glass: Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
According to the Collins Encylopedia (1974), Dresser designed these three vases, the tallest of which is 16 inches high, for J. Couper and Sons, Glasgow glass manufacturers who developed Clutha (or cloudy) glass around 1885.
Dresser's designs for Clutha glass are especially featured in the anonymous Studio article on his work in 1899 (see bibliography).
Clearly Dresser was as interested in the colouring of glass as he was in experimenting with glazes, he appears also to have been influenced by the colouring of Roman and Middle Eastern glass.
www.victorianweb.org /art/design/dresser/glass.html   (328 words)

  
 Beehive.govt.nz - Government announces Clutha decision
Contact and the Government are putting in equal amounts of $6.8 million (plus GST as appropriate) towards building the floodwall to protect against future risks of flooding.
The report determined that the cause of flooding in Alexandra was directly attributable to silting in the river caused by the construction of the Roxburgh dam by the New Zealand Electricity Department in the 1950s.
The report found the extent of the flooding in Alexandra is directly attributable to the raised bed of the Clutha River as a result of silt trapped by the construction of the Roxburgh Dam by the New Zealand Electricity Department.
www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=8488   (525 words)

  
 Fish and Game New Zealand
The most popular spot for salmon fishing on the Clutha is downstream from Roxburgh Dam to Millers Flat near the main Road from Milton to Alexandra.
At the top of the Clutha River catchment Otago’s three large glacial lakes — Wakatipu, Wanaka and Hawea — all support excellent mixed fisheries for brown and rainbow trout, and quinnat salmon.
The Upper Clutha Angling Club also has an excellent guide booklet to the Clutha River from Lake Dunstan to the outlet of Lake Wanaka.
www.fishandgame.org.nz /SITE_Default/SITE_your_region/SITE_Otago/Fishing/access.asp   (1447 words)

  
 Ossian - CALTHON AND COLMAL.
The chief of Clutha overcame: the rage of Dunthalmo rose.
The humid eye of Colmar rolled near in a secret tear: she foresaw the fall of Dunthalmo, or of Clutha's warlike chief.
She told of the chief of Clutha: thrice the spear fell from her hand.
www.exclassics.com /ossian/oss11.htm   (1949 words)

  
 History of the Project
Moves to have Birch Island (on Clutha at Tuapeka Mouth) protected by a conservation order is refused by Conservation Minister saying it might "prejudice hydro development".
Also they refuse to withdraw their appeal to the Planning Tribunal against the Clutha Council Proposed District Plan, which, if adopted, would make it difficult for Contact to gain planning consents for the project.
The first is: "A Lower Clutha Ratepayers and Residents Association be formed from those present to pursue the resolution, that has been approved (that is): "That Contact be called upon to undertake liaison with representatives of both the Millers Flat and Beaumont areas, to facilitate the release of properties they own, into private ownership.
www.book.co.nz /link3.htm   (635 words)

  
 William Moffat
Mr Moffat was a native of Berwickshire, Scotland and was a well known resident of the Clutha, to which district he came over 30 years ago.
From death notice in Clutha Leader paper Friday 13 September 1895 "His funeral took place on Tuesday, and the cortege was one of the largest seen in the district"
This obituary is transcribed from "The Clutha Leader" of sometime in May (after the 15th obviously) - possibly by Peter Moffat.
roger.lisaandroger.com /getperson.php?personID=I16&tree=Roger   (2390 words)

  
 Water Bibliography by Title - C
The information shows the general high quality of groundwater but also shows that poorer quality groundwater does occur in some areas, mainly as a result of land use activities.
It reviews the current water supply schemes in the Clutha District, identifies the need for changes, suggests some options and notes the regulatory and environmental requirements for district water schemes.
Abstract: With strong interest over recent years in dairying conversion within Clutha District, the Clutha Water Studies Group commissioned this Prefeasibility Study to broadly assess viability of rationalising existing rural water supplies to deliver the greater demands required by dairy farming.
www.maf.govt.nz /MAFnet/rural-nz/sustainable-resource-use/water-efficiency/bibliography/by-title/by-title-02.htm   (1057 words)

  
 News/Events
The TrustPower Community Awards are jointly run by TrustPower and the Clutha District Council to recognise and celebrate the outstanding contribution volunteers make to the Clutha district.
That means it is up to every Clutha resident to put pen to paper and make sure these vital community groups and individuals get the recognition and reward they deserve,” says Pip.
Nominations forms for the TrustPower Clutha Community Awards are available from any Council office or service centre, from www.trustpower.co.nz/communityawards or by calling Pip on 0800 87 11 11.
www.trustpower.co.nz /Content/ViewItem.aspx?item=278   (420 words)

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