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.
Stuff reporters13:03, May 31 2021
KAREN CHAPPELL
High flood waters on the Waimakariri River after heavy rain in the Canterbury region.
Two state highways hit by severe flooding in Canterbury are not expected to reopen for at least another day as heavy rain and flooding continues to batter the region. The rain is expected to start easing on Monday and clear on Tuesday, but deep flooding on State Highway 1 from the Waikirikiri/Selwyn River near Dunsandel, south of Christchurch, meant the road was unlikely to reopen for another day. “In North Canterbury, rain is continuing and we have a number of areas we need to assess, for example SH73, Porter’s Pass to the West Coast, which will remain closed,” Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency journey manager Tresca Forrester said.
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