Heavy rain hits Dunedin, surface flooding across city

Caption:A team of volunteers has been filling sandbags for hours at Dunedin Ice Stadium.Photo credit:RNZ / Louis DunhamA team of volunteers filled sandbags for hours at Dunedin Ice Stadium. Others picked them up in trucks and vans to deliver to houses around South Dunedin.RNZ / Louis DunhamThe Water of Leith through the University of Otago in flood.Louis DunhamBig pools of water forming on the edge of Portsmouth Drive in Dunedin on 5 July, 2026.RNZ / Tess BruntonSandbag stations have been set up.Tess Brunton/RNZA team of volunteers filled sandbags for hours at Dunedin Ice Stadium. Others picked them up in trucks and vans to deliver to houses around South Dunedin.RNZ / Louis DunhamBig pools of water forming on the edge of Portsmouth Drive in Dunedin on 5 July, 2026.RNZ / Tess BruntonA red rain warning has been issued for coastal Dunedin and Clutha.Screenshot / MetServiceSandbagging is underway at Surrey Stteet properties where the Dunedin City Council plans to install flood protection barriers later on .RNZ / Tess Brunton

A still from The Remarkables snow cam shows brown peaks and very little snow.

Flooding on a street in North Oamaru overnight.

Stylised illustration of rising flood waters threatening homes and roads

A man takes a picture at the train station near bear warning signs in Okutama on the outskirts of Tokyo on June 14, 2026, as local authorities urge visitors to take precautions following increased reports of bear sightings in the region. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Oamaru resident Milli Maxwell’s home was flooded about 3am on Monday 6 July 2026.

Helen Ellis gives one of her grandchildren a big hug at the airport.

OceanaGold ‘s fully electric hydraulic shovel - at Macraes Mine