

Winter of 2007. This winter was cold enough for the Bonspiel on
the Idaburn Dam.
Extra Information
Curling bonspiels are held regularly (when ice conditions permit) in the
Maniototo, Central Otago .
A bonspiel was last held, for the first time in six years, in mid-July,
2007, on Oturehua's Idaburn Dam. The region is one of the few in New
Zealand to have conditions suitable for outdoor curling, and is doubly
suitable due to Otago's original European settlers mainly being from
Scotland. Several artificial and natural lakes around the towns of Naseby
and Patearoa provide good conditions, on average every second or third
year. There is also an indoor curling rink in Otago's main centre,
Dunedin.
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