2 May 2025

Canterbury begins clean up process after flooding

From Checkpoint, 4:39 pm on 2 May 2025

The State of Emergency in Selwyn has been lifted, but it will continue in Christchurch and Banks Peninsula until at least tomorrow, as the region starts the clean up process after being inundated in rain over the last 48 hours. There is still extensive surface flooding particularly in the Selwyn district and Banks Peninsula, and Little River in Banks Peninsula remain cuts off. Reporter Rachel Graham spoke to Lisa Owen.