Blue Ridge Boutique Bed and Breakfast owner Rebecca Johnston has been attempting to sell her business for eight months as her husband and co-owner Mike has been offered new work in Cromwell. However, delays in selling the property have meant that her husband has had to travel two and a half hours back to Te Anau on weekends to join his family. The entire family plans to move to Cromwell as soon as the property sells, however they have received limited interest, Johnston said. In the meantime, business continues to slow as borders remain closed. “Business has been very slow [around 10 per cent], most of my guests usually come from Europe,” Johnston said.
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Nelson and Westport are among several towns across the South Island left isolated as torrential rain forced dozens of roads closed.
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Meanwhile, residents of the Lower Terrace in Renwick, west of Blenheim, are being asked to evacuate immediately for at least the next 24 hours. The river is flooding at the stop bank at Conders Bend and is affecting nearby streets.
Marlborough declared a local state of emergency this afternoon, with over 200 properties battered by the wild weather.
South of Kaikōura, the rail journey will continue with two heritage DA locomotives built in the early 1950s, which will travel in double-header formation all the way to Invercargill. Upon reaching Invercargill, the tour will travel inland via luxury coach, taking in Te Anau, Milford Sound, Queenstown and Franz Josef.
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The tour will take passengers down the length of the South Island in heritage trains. The inland section of the tour will also feature a return journey on the iconic Kingston Flyer steam train, which is returning to commercial operation for the first time since 2013. The journey will conclude with the famous TranzAlpine rail journey, crossing the Southern Alps from Greymouth to Christchurch.
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