Max is helped onto a New Zealand Defence Force vehicle by Private Joshua Ley as the Stewart family is evacuated. Photo: New Zealand Defence ForceDave Stewart and his family may have emerged from the floodwaters safe and well. Enclosed by both the north and south branches of the Hakatere river, Greenstreet has been one of the worst affected areas of the flood. The Stewart family had been anticipating nasty weather on the Sunday and began the process of coordinating their cows. Photo: LDR / Adam BurnsDriving away in the Defence Force vehicle and facing an uncertain outlook in terms of the family farm, Stewart remembers the experience as heartbreaking.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 08, 2021 21:33 UTC