Amber Allott21:32, Jun 03 2021
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The upper Rakaia Gorge, including Quartz Hill Station and High Peak Station, have been left with damaged bridges and fences and gouged land from the Canterbury floods.
Farmers in the Canterbury high country are dismissing as “woefully inadequate” a $500,000 fund from the government to restore their stations after they were hammered by torrential rain. Canterbury was battered by torrential rain on Saturday afternoon, with no reprieve until Monday evening. For some areas, up to half the usual annual rainfall fell in two days.
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Hamish Guild of High Peak Station checks the damage on his farm, where floodwater has downed fences and affected bridges in the upper Rakaia Gorge area.