Wild ride- Nevis Bluff rapids descent gains 46,000 views and a $1500 fine

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An Alexandra farmer whose first-ever descent of the Nevis Bluff rapids in a jet-boat a year ago spawned a viral internet video, has been slapped with a $1500 fine.

Timothy Dermott O’Sullivan was sentenced in the Queenstown District Court yesterday on a charge of entering a prohibited area on the Kawarau River, near Gibbston, on December 11 last year