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Marcus Shenker and Harri Jensen s home in Westport was flooded for the second time in three years. Roche said the town’s recovery would take months, but tradespeople from out of town had already moved in to help local contractors with repair jobs. All district council staff were given Friday afternoon off to rest after their mammoth effort since the floods, she said. There had been $200,000 in public donations to the Buller Mayoral Relief Fund. The free rubbish collection service had been extended until Sunday The NZ Defence Force said its personnel had removed more than 1000 tonnes of flood-related waste from Westport homes so far.
Friday, 30 July 2021, 10:24 am
Phil Wheble, Incident Controller, West Coast DHB
Flood event.
From 4pm this afternoon all health
services usually based in the Buller Health Centre will be
relocated and up and running in the facility.
This
comes after an outstanding effort from our DHB staff and a
number of skilled contractors who have worked tirelessly to
get the building back in a safe state for
reoccupation.
When the Health Centre was evacuated due
to flooding on 17 July, Club Buller in Westport became a
temporary base for clinical services including an inpatient
ward and acute assessment area. It also became headquarters