In pictures: Devastation from Nelson Tasman floods
Saturday, 12 July 2025
Livestock in flooded paddocks in Riwaka, Tasman, on Saturday.
Tasman mayor Tim King has described the damage as the worst he had seen in a region already familiar with disaster.
“What was a bit of a cleanup job is now like a complete rebuild.”
The Motueka Valley was amongst several areas hit twice by flooding in two weeks.Flood damage on SH6 Belgrove to Kohatu.Water surged through Bethany Park, in Kaiteriteri, a coastal holiday spot in Tasman.Locals help contractors clean up after recent flooding, on Martin Farm Rd, Kaiteriteri, a coastal holiday spot in Tasman.A home in Pigeon Valley near the Pigeon Valley Stream.Robert Cole and Melyssa Neale clean and lift farm fences of debris in Pigeon Valley.Pigeon Valley houses in a sea of forestry slash and silt.Pigeon Valley resident Murray Biggs looks a bridge over the Pigeon Valley Stream blocked with trees and forestry slash.There was no ground high enough for some livestock as paddocks in Riwaka, Tasman flooded.Many crops will have been destroyed. Pictured here are floodwaters in Appleby, TasmanFallen trees took out powerlines in many areas leaving thousands without power. Pictured here is Maisey Rd in the Moutere, Tasman.Tasman mayor Tim King, left, says the district will need the government’s help to rebuild.A road in Pigeon Valley has been badly damaged.
