The Otago Regional Council is bringing in heavy duty pumps from around New Zealand to help clear floodwater from the Taieri Plain. Some of the additional heavy duty pumps from around New Zealand were installed yesterday and on Monday. Others were being sourced from Clydevale and the Bay of Plenty and would be brought into service as soon as they arrived. The council had permanent pump stations at six locations in the Taieri. Council operations manager Nineva Vaitupu said commercial divers were brought in to repair a pump at Ascog, on the western side of the Taieri Plain, yesterday.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 25, 2017 18:00 UTC