A combined police and NZ Transport Agency presence in Ōmārama and at other central tourist hot spots over Waitangi Weekend aimed to target those illegally operating passenger services as well as other breaches of road rules.
However, it could still be a while before a permanent road safety camera is installed in the town which is on the main tourist highway through to Central Otago, Queenstown and Te Anau.
Road policing teams together with the NZTA regulatory staff stationed themselves in and around Ōmārama for about four days from February 1 as part of the wider Operation Dragon exercise which ran from January 29 to February 9. It was conducted through Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes to Milford Sound. Across the area in those12 days 260 infringement notices were issued.
In Ōmārama, figures provided show 473 were ... >>> continue reading <<<