On the podcast today, residents in Southland have spent the weekend trying to get their heads around the damage flooding's caused to their homes; the upper north island's suffering extraordinarily dry conditions with Watercare shutting off pumpstations in some areas last week due to low reservoir levels; and reality TV series The Block is back and setting up in the Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier, but there are mixed feelings about it.
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