A woman negotiates forestry slash near Queenstown Cemetery yesterday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON
Road workers tidy up Memorial St in Queenstown yesterday. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON
People stand beside the closed road between Thornbury and Otautau yesterday. PHOTO: MARK JOHN
A car lies in floodwater yesterday, in a paddock near Riversdale in Southland. PHOTO: SANDY EGGLESTON
Contact Energy opened the gates at the Clyde Dam yesterday to release water. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON
The Mataura River in Gore engulfed some riverside seats. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
Water was the only thing travelling down Woolwich St in Gore yesterday after the Mataura River flooded. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
A driver ploughs through snow and water just south of Lauder on State Highway 85 yesterday. PHOTO: RUBY SHAW
The Haast Pass has been closed after a series of slips and will remain closed all weekend. PHOTO: WAKA KOTAHI/NZTA
The southern region was hit by rain and wild weather yesterday. Otago Daily Times photographers were out and about capturing the scenes.
