Photo: Pelorus River Sam Gee / RNZ
Heavy rain, surface flooding and slips have forced more evacuations the top of the South Island, in the Tasman district.
Some residents in Brightwater and Upper Moutere have been evacuated - while Civil Defence is watching the situation at Riwaka.
A Civil Defence Centre is opening now at Stadium 2000 in Blenheim for evacuees from Spring Creek, where authorities fear the Wairau River could breach a stopbank.
Kathryn gets the latest from Regional public information manager for Nelson Tasman Civil Defence Emergency Management Paul Shattock, NZ Transport Agency Regional Manager for the Lower North Island/Top of the South Mark Owen and Nelson reporter Samantha Gee.
