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    SYMPHONY IN GREEN

    Oct 18, 2021 2 minutes

    On August 15, a Sunday, the famous deep blue changed colour. It was early afternoon. A tourist from Auckland spotted the change and notified authorities. Parts of Lake Wakatipu, often promoted as Queenstown’s crown jewel, had turned a sickly neon green.

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