Spring Creek residents return home as floodwaters recede in Marlborough
Newsham called the Marlborough District Council, which sent contractors with sandbags to stack along the stop bank. The banks had been built up to their current height after the Tuamarina flood in 1983. If the river rose only another few centimetres, it would have poured into his property, filled his house and destroyed the vegetable garden, he said. “We’ve dodged a bullet, really.” The police arrived to escort Newsham from the property later that afternoon, on their rounds to check Spring Creek residents had evacuated. RICKY WILSON/Stuff Cars and trucks queue on State Highway 1 wait...
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