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Three companies have been ordered to pay more than half-a-million dollars combined for their role in a landslip that swamped a Queenstown street, forcing dozens to evacuate.
Skyline Enterprises, Naylor Love Central Otago Limited and Wilsons Contractors Limited pleaded guilty to charges, brought by the Queenstown-Lakes District Council (QLDC) for alleged breaches of the Resource Management Act (RMA).
The companies were sentenced during a lengthy hearing in the Christchurch District Court on Friday.
The resort town
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