Heavy weather to keep coming; Farmer rescues sheep stranded in Banks Peninsula floodwaters; What NZ’s new 30-year infrastructure plan means.<\/p>\n
Live: Heavy weather to keep coming – ‘we’d expected it to ease’ – Mayor<\/p>\n
The storm system that brought flooding, destruction, school closures, evacuations and travel disruptions has moved south today.<\/p>\n
An orange heavy rain warning is in place for Banks Peninsula until 6pm today.<\/p>\n
There are heavy rain watches for areas of Christchurch and Dunedin.<\/p>\n
Follow Live Updates<\/a><\/p>\n Farmer rescues sheep stranded in Banks Peninsula floodwaters<\/p>\n A Banks Peninsula farm worker had to swim stranded sheep to safety after huge downpours at Teddington.<\/p>\n Farmer Sir David Carter said more than 250mm of rain fell overnight at his property.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Hospitals, water, roads: What NZ’s new 30-year infrastructure plan means<\/p>\n Leaky hospitals, mouldy army barracks and bursting water pipes \u2014 a new 30-year infrastructure plan lays bare the cost of decades of neglect, but warns New Zealand is already planning to build far more than it can afford.<\/p>\n That is the central finding of the National Infrastructure Plan, released by the Government’s independent Infrastructure Commission this afternoon.<\/p>\n Read More<\/a><\/p>\n Watch: Widespread flooding plunges Banks Peninsula into state of emergency<\/p>\n MetService meteorologist John Law says it’s the combination of sustained, heavy falls which have pushed totals beyond monthly averages.<\/p>\n