Shannon Gillies

Waitaki's Emergency Operations Centre has closed, but as the floodwaters recede the public will have to be patient as Waitaki District Council sets about managing the district’s recovery, Mayor Gary Kircher says.

A happy Thunder (right) eats apples yesterday after Friday’s floodwaters ordeal in the Hakataramea Valley.

An Itchen St Oamaru property has been evacuated after a retaining wall at the back of the house slipped and hit the house.

Two women have minor injuries after their camper van crashed on the Twizel-Omarama Rd this morning.

It has been a long road back home to Oamaru for leather craftsman Don Speden. At the end of a career which has included international penny-farthing racing, teaching and being a bike mechanic he has started creating leather works.