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RNZ News
08-07-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Tasman heavy rain forecast: hope for the best but prepare for the worst, deputy mayor says
for wednesday morning Flooding in Tasman last week. Photo: RNZ/Mark Papalii Tasman's deputy mayor says residents should hope for the best but prepare for the worst as heavy rain is forecast for Wednesday afternoon. The region is recovering from widespread flooding that wrecked homes and farmland. Since the flooding, 15 homes have been yellow stickered and one has been red stickered. They were in the Motueka Valley, Tapawera and Wai-iti. MetService has issued a heavy rain watch over part of the Tasman District north-west of Motueka running from 1pm Wednesday until 3am Thursday. "It's a little bit of a concern, particularly when local soils are so wet and people are still in recovery mode. A lot of people in the community are starting to feel the weight of the previous flooding which has been quite a burden to some people," deputy mayor Stuart Bryant said. "More rain on top of what we've already had will just exacerbate what's already happened. There'll be soft soils at places where rivers are and we're worried that it'll crumble away into the river and more productive land will be washed away and lost. "The other risk is, of course, silt or gravel coming over your land." He said recovery from the previous flood had been daunting. "Every day there's appeals for people to come and help with tidying up in different areas," he said. "Student Army and lots of groups are stepping up but of course it all takes time to organise and co-ordinate and the clean up's not going to be exceptionally quick, it'll take weeks if not months." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
07-07-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Heavy rain watch issued for part of already flood-damaged Tasman district
MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for the Tasman district north-west of Motueka. The watch covers the period from 1pm on Wednesday until 3am on Thursday. MetService said there was a moderate chance of the watch being upgraded to a warning, and more significant heavy rain was expected on Friday. The region is recovering from widespread flooding that wrecked homes and farmland. Since the flooding, 15 homes have been yellow stickered and one has been red stickered. They were in the Motueka Valley, Tapawera and Wai-iti. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
29-06-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Man killed by falling tree remembered as a 'big character' in rural community
Peter Lines was hit by a tree while clearing flood damage. Photo: Supplied The man killed by a falling tree during floods across the South Island was a fifth generation hop farmer and "big character" in both the industry and his region. Peter Lines was hit by a tree while clearing flood damage in Wai-iti, south-east of Wakefield Saturday morning. He died at the scene and the incident has been referred to the coroner. Tasman mayor Tim King told RNZ the death had shocked the community. "He was a big character, part of a multi-generational farming family and a significant part of the community." Lines' family had been growing hops for some 170 years and he was proud to be the fifth generation hop grower. In a video he made for the NZ Hops website, he described how he enjoyed the work and loved the growth of new beers in New Zealand, so much that he branched into brewing. "We have been growing hops for a long time, then we had the craft beer revolution so a couple of us set up a small brewery." Emergency minister Mark Mitchell said this afternoon he wanted to acknowledge the region had lost a highly respected member of the community. "That will be reverberating through the community." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
