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“No one has been injured, it seems like an exemplary response,” O’Connor said. “Some of the longer term costs, with roading and infrastructurem will be the things that we focus on. MAIA HART/STUFF Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor saw some of the damage in Marlborough caused by heavy rain. “I’ll be able to take the information back to my colleagues, just to make sure that we work with the Council as it has to spend the money of recovery.” The Minister’s first stop was a vineyard near the Wairau River, just over State Highway 63. Stop bank protection had largely ...

“We’re not sure how much water got into the houses ... The stop banks will be bomb-proof by the time we’re finished.” Marlborough Mayor John Leggett said the region’s civil defence team was conscious that more heavy rain could add more water to Marlborough's “already sodden soil”. More bad weather could affect Queen Charlotte Drive, which re-opened on Tuesday for the first time in three days with traffic measures, so workers could continue clearing slips. “Public safety is the only priority ... Caution is key.” Leggett said the civil defence team was not yet sure how ma...

Part of the works would take place on a 90-hectare block on Blenheim's southeast, between State Highway 1 and Alabama Rd, named “E2” in a geotechnical survey commissioned by the council in 2012. The study found the land had a high risk of liquefaction and lateral spread, and should not be built on. The ruling bankrupted a family looking to subdivide, said councillor David Oddie at an assets and services meeting late last month. The ruling was re-confirmed in Marlborough's new environment plan last year. Council rivers and drainage engineering manager Geoff Dick said although the stormw...