Some Mataura residents are heading home after flooding hit the town on Wednesday.
The local river swelled due to heavy rain and threatened to burst its flood defences, forcing the evacuation of low-lying areas of of Gore, Mataura and Wyndham.
Pictures from the region show properties surrounded by brown water.
Jon Pemberton is a dairy farmer in Brydone, near Mataura.
He speaks to Corin Dann.
