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Twizel (centre distance) from the air, alongside Lake Ruataniwha. Lake Benmore is seen in the foreground. Twizel (/ ˈ t w aɪ z əl /) 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 Hydroelectric Scheme ...
Known as Mount Cook Road, it is a road which is a popular tourist route between the settlements of Twizel and Mount Cook Village. About 55 kilometres in length, it is mostly two lane, with a few single-lane bridges. Tourists travelling between Christchurch and Queenstown often deviate here and travel to New Zealand's highest mountain Aoraki ...
From Pukaki the highway turns southwest across the upper reaches of the Waitaki Valley, passing through the former hydroelectricity service town of Twizel and Omarama before again climbing to cross the Lindis Pass, which, at 971 metres, is the highest point on the highway's path.
Queenstown: 6.9 Provides a connection between SH 6, Queenstown International Airport and Queenstown central. SH 1 at Waipara (60 km north of Christchurch) SH 6 at Greymouth: Culverden, Lewis Pass, Reefton: 272.4 SH 7 at Waiau Bridge Hanmer Springs: 9.4 SH 1 at Timaru: SH 1 at Milton: Fairlie, Tekapo, Twizel, Lindis Pass, Cromwell, Alexandra ...
Queenstown: NZQN ZQN Queenstown Airport 357 m (1,171 ft) 1,777 m (5,830 ft) ... Twizel: NZUK TWZ Pukaki Airport 480 m (1,575 ft) 1,530 m (5,020 ft) ...
Queenstown International Airport (IATA: ZQN, ICAO: NZQN) is an international airport located in Frankton, Otago, New Zealand, which serves the resort town of Queenstown. The airport handled 2.10 million passengers as of 2024, [ 3 ] making it the fourth busiest airport in New Zealand by passenger traffic.
The blooming flowers along the coast and the snow-capped Olympic Mountains in the distance create a picturesque backdrop that's especially enchanting in spring. 2. Stroll through the Bloedel Reserve
Queenstown-Lakes District: Queenstown: 9,368: 52,400: ... Twizel: NZUK TWZ Pukaki Aerodrome: Wānaka: ... The West Coast alone spans the distance between Wellington ...