At a meeting this afternoon (Tuesday August 26) between Queenstown Rafting and the Queenstown Lakes District Council, it was agreed that rafting could resume on the Shotover River after a major slip near the river’s edge finally fell last week.

Queenstown Rafting director Vance Boyd said it was anticipated that commercial rafting trips would resume from Thursday afternoon (August 28) and that the slip would be monitored by rafting crews prior to passing the area for an initial two-week period.

The monitoring process will be reviewed in two weeks time.

“It has been seven weeks today since operations ceased and we are really looking forward to getting out on the river again,” Mr Boyd said.