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Seeking Methven accommodation close to Opuke Thermal Pools and Mt Hutt ski field?

Sun, 01 May 2022 23:38:44 GMT

If you're planning a via to the new Ōpuke Thermal Pools & Spa or indeed Mt Hutt this season, Mount Hutt Motels are ideally located to accommodate you and your guests.

Located at 205 Main Street, we're positioned closest to the hot pools and just a 10-minute drive to the base of Mt Hutt ski field.

We're closest to the ski field so get the head start for First Tracks and fresh powder!

It will take you just over an hour to reach Methven/Mt Hutt Village from Christchurch International Airport. Driving south from Christchurch, take SH1 to Rakaia. Turn right at the big salmon, stay on the main road and you will drive straight into Methven. When you arrive at a T-Junction turn right and drive for approximately 500 mtrs. Mount Hutt Motels will be located on your left.

Alternatively, take the Inland Scenic Route on SH72 through Hororata and Rakaia Gorge and turn left at the first signpost you see (at Mt Hutt Station) to Methven via the alt route. Mount Hutt Motels is the first motel on your right as you arrive in the village.

If you are coming from the south, turn left at Ashburton at the Mega Mitre 10 and stay on Alford Forest Road which becomes Methven Highway (State Hwy 77). Approx 25 mins later you will enter Methven. Drive straight through the main crossroads and we are located about 500 mtrs away on your left side.

Enchanted Forest walk and fairies

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:54:45 GMT

Methven’s Enchanted Forest Walk is about to receive an approving scattering of fairy dust from the Ashburton District Council.

Council is collaborating with the Methven Lions, who manage the wider Methven walkway, and the creators of the Enchanted Forest walk to make sure the fairy doors and decorations remain safe features of the well-used track.

Community Services Group Manager Steve Fabish said the Enchanted Forest was a charming feature on part of the walkway near the Methven racecourse and the fairy adornments could be treated as an art installation, which would require a simple approval process handled by the Methven Community Board.

“Managing the decorations means there is some sort of supervision to ensure what is a natural environment is not affected by plastic or potentially harmful or inappropriate installations. We don’t think that will happen, but it is important to have a process in case similar installations pop up in other parks or reserves.

“Really, we think the Enchanted Forest is a great idea and we know it has community support. There is potential for other themed walks on other parts of the walkway at different times of the year too.”

The short fairy-inspired walk was to have been part of the Methven and Foothills Walking Festival, but most festival events are now not running because of Covid-19 uncertainty.

The Enchanted Forest walk and the Piwakawaka walk just next door will instead be part of a fun competition run alongside the popular scarecrow trail during the April school holidays.

The competition form will be able to be downloaded from the walking festival's website (www.methvenwalkingfestival.nz) or picked up at the Methven ihub, with the scarecrow trail maps, from 16 April.

Walking festival organisers are now looking to 2023 to run the full programme.

‘Outstanding’ new hot pool complex opens in Mid-Canterbury

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 21:58:45 GMT

Mid-Canterbury’s latest economic drawcard has been described as money well spent amid challenging times.

Methven’s Opuke Thermal Pools and Day Spa was officially opened on Wednesday by community leaders and Regional Economic Development and Tourism Minister Stuart Nash.

The long-awaited opening of the $15 million facility follows several delays – the latest being due to supply chain issues and the latest Covid lockdown – after it was originally slated to open at the end of 2020.

The project received a 50 per cent funding injection through the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund and is the third-largest project in Canterbury to receive backing through the funding stream.

Following a tour of the facility, Nash described it as “world-class”. “This is the sort of project we envisioned helping when we set up the Provincial Growth Fund,” he said. “It’s going to provide a level of resilience to the local community. “It’s outstanding.”