An unoccupied DCC vehicle was swept away by a large landslip at Maia during the sustained rainfall. A DCC spokesman said it was understood an employee had been investigating reports about a water main. The vehicle became stuck in mud, so the employee...
Big Barrel storeman Agambir Singh shifts stock at the shop in Concord, on Saturday after last week’s downpour. Staff were cleaning up after sustained rainfall led to surface flooding. Regional manager Amarjit Singh said water came in through the back...
Contractors dig a trench around part of the Maia slip by hand so they can install temporary piping to get water from the main supply back running to the West Harbour area. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
Specialist equipment needs to be shipped to Dunedin to demolish these boulders on SH88 near Forsyth Barr Stadium before the road can be reopened. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
Urgent repairs are required to a sewer main at Ocean View which blew out during the deluge. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
Water spilled from the Taieri River onto the Taieri floodplain on Saturday as it is supposed to do during a flood. PHOTO: ORC
Part of SH87 between Kyeburn and Hyde was closed for several days because of flooding in the Kyeburn area, pictured on Saturday. PHOTO: ORC
Temporary water pipelines snake across the hillside to bypass the breach caused in a water main by the Maia slip. PHOTO: JARROD HODSON
Water gushes briefly from a temporary pipeline around the Maia slip, showing how tricky it is to get a fix in place. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN
Army staff posted at the ends of South Dunedin’s flooded streets, including here at Hargest Cres, to stop people driving through creating wake, were gone by mid-morning on Saturday. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY
As the water from the two-day deluge drained from Dunedin and around the coastal South, the extent of the damage it caused became clear as the cleanup continued over the weekend.
