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Waitaki flood recovery cost expected to be into the six figures 11 Jan, 2021 07:48 PM 2 minutes to read Water rushes under Parsons Creek Bridge near Otematata last week.Photo / Robert Vaxter Otago Daily Times The Waitaki District Council is expecting at least a six-figure sum for its flood recovery expenses, Waitaki Mayor Gary Kircher says. The district was hampered by last week's rainfall, and while the council had not received any official figures, it would be "certainly quite appreciable". "It will be into the six figures — NZTA's cost alone is probably $200,000 or $300,000," Kircher sai...

Heavy rain and hail on State Highway 1 near Makikihi and Hook from dashcam footage. Business owners along Waimate’s main street have sandbagged their shop doors for peace of mind after a severe thunderstorm battered parts of South Canterbury. Fire crews spent an hour pumping water from the area between Queen and Glasgow streets, Waimate, left behind by torrential rain and hail moving over the region on Sunday. MetService had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Duntroon at 1.30pm, updating it over the afternoon as the weather moved over the Waimate District and onto Timaru, St Andrews...

Lightning, thunder, heavy rain: Festival-goers stranded, roads closed as turbulent weather hits NZ 2 Jan, 2021 02:50 AM 6 minutes to read MetService National weather: December 31st - 2nd January. NZ Herald Southern roads are starting to disappear under floodwaters as widespread rain and thunderstorms sweep across the country today, and some of the heaviest falls in northern regions are coinciding with holidaymakers travelling home. Two hundred people are stranded after the rising water of Silverstream cut off the Whare Flat Folk Festival, northwest of Dunedin, today. Festival organiser Kathry...

The furthest Mitch, a member of the TBHS cycling team, had pedalled was 122kms during one of the charity bike ride’s group training sessions. He had also completed “a dozen or so” 100km rides, so his main challenge when the ride rolled around would be doing that distance three days in a row. “There will be a real feeling of accomplishment when I’m in Tekapo, knowing I biked there from Timaru.” Mitch was “excited” to be pedalling with his father on what would be the senior Brookland’s 12th charity bike ride. Shane Brookland said his wife volunteered him for his first rid...

Kurow-Duntroon Irrigation Company chairman steps down 22 Dec, 2020 09:45 PM 2 minutes to read By: Kayla Hodge Fifteen years of seeing to the future irrigation needs of Kurow and Duntroon have come to an end for Geoff Keeling. He has stepped down from his role as chairman of the Kurow-Duntroon Irrigation Company, and said the company was in a good position to face the future. "It's in a great position. It's got a modern scheme that always has teething issues when things are first built, but it will see the next generation or two of farmers in this district through, at least the next couple of ...