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Charlie Gates/Stuff Johnny Morris on Eglinton St in Avondale during floods in Christchurch. The water had breached one of his three steps. Johnny Morris, on Eglinton St, said his sinks and toilets were backing up as the water submerged his first step and reached his garage. “We’ve got a bit to go yet,” he said. “I’m wracked that people are sightseeing and creating waves as they rush by. “The council needs to close the road.” Charlie Gates/Stuff Niven St resident Chris Davies o...

Charlie Gates/Stuff Johnny Morris on Eglinton St in Avondale during floods in Christchurch. The water had breached one of his three steps. Johnny Morris, on Eglinton St, said his sinks and toilets were backing up as the water submerged his first step and reached his garage. “We’ve got a bit to go yet,” he said. “I’m wracked that people are sightseeing and creating waves as they rush by. “The council needs to close the road.” Charlie Gates/Stuff Niven St resident Chris Davies o...

“This is not what was intended,” a city council report into the freedom camping bylaw said. As part of a bylaw review, the council is now proposing to change the rules to allow freedom camping for up to four nights out of 30, with no more than two nights in one place within the zone. The zone runs from Beach Rd at Waimairi Beach in the north, to Southshore Spit, using Bower Ave and the Avon River as the inland boundary. David Hallett/Stuff Changes are being made to restrict the number of...