Motueka locals recover from severe flooding

Monday 7 July 2025 · 4 outlets · 2 reports · updated Mon 7 Jul 2025, 7:21am

Residents in Motueka are working to rebuild and support neighbours following severe flooding. Civil Defence has described the event as the worst flood in nearly 150 years, and a state of emergency remains in place for the Nelson Tasman region.

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1. 1News via RNZMon 7 Jul 2025, 6:58am

   'Devastating' - digging deep to clean up Motueka flood damage (opens in new tab)

2. NZ HeraldMon 7 Jul 2025, 7:21am

   ‘Really devastating’ - digging deep to clean up Motueka flood damage (opens in new tab)

   Also on RNZ (opens in new tab), Otago Daily Times (opens in new tab)