Resident witnesses rock fall which created dam at risk of burstingNEIL PROTHEROE Neil Protheroe captured shots of the slip that created a dam near his Hapuku lodge, which Civil Defence is warning could burst. When Neil Protheroe saw the rock face collapse off the side of the Seaward Kaikoura Range, he was struck by a distinctive smell. Emma Dangerfield Neil Protheroe photographed the rock face collapse off the side of the Seaward Kaikoura Range as the earth shook around his Hapuku home. NEIL PROTHEROE Protheroe said his property was likely safe, due to being much higher than the river, but neighbours were not as lucky. Neil Protheroe Neil Protheroe established the boutique Manakau Lodge with wife Eileen and teenage daughter Lauren.

Source: Stuff November 17, 2016 00:35 UTC