Saturday January 28, 1984 front page of the Otago Daily Times, with story of flooding in Invercargill.
Otautau, which was flooded by both the Otautau Stream and the Aparima River. 190 homes were flooded, 70% of the town’s residences. Photo by Donald Buckley.
About 12 000 sheep, 100 cattle, 334 pigs and 75 deer drowned.
People await rescue on top of a bus in an Invercargill suburb.
Rescue workers and police row residents of Grassmere St to waiting evacuation trucks.
Graham Molloy of the Collingwood Food Centre scoops up debris from his shop floor. He took away more than two trailer loads of ruined goods.
Otepuni Stream floods downtown Invercargill. Tay St at top.
Kayaking in Conon Street, central Invercargill, on Friday 27 Jan 1984. Photo by Southland Catchment Board.
Stormwater ponds in Gladstone Tce, Invercargill, on Friday 27 Jan 1984. Photo by Aaron Fox.
Flooding in the northern suburbs of Prestonville (right of the photo), Grasmere (lower left) and Waikiwi when the Waihopai River breached its banks just east of Invercargill, causing substantial flooding of Prestonville and Grasmere. The water in the...
Record rainfall on January 26, 1984 led to major flooding of the Aparima and Oreti and many smaller rivers. The state of emergency lasted about three weeks with 4000 people evacuated.