Mike Lord (left) with Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy during a visit to Mr Lord's flooded farm on the Taieri. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERYThe Dunedin City Council has already spent $700,000 on the clean-up from the flooding of July 21-22 and the final bill is expected to run into millions of dollars. That was according to Dunedin City Council recovery manager Simon Pickford in response to questions from The Star this week. Last week, after The Star had gone to press, the council re-launched the mayoral relief fund with $60,000. Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy declared the flooding which followed the downpour on July 21 and 22 a medium-scale adverse event.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 05, 2017 18:00 UTC