Southland floods - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 25 Sep 2023 02:52:27 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Southland floods - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Cleanup begins as rain eases in Southland https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/09/25/cleanup-begins-as-rain-eases-in-southland/ Mon, 25 Sep 2023 04:52:21 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=164156 As the rain fell in Gore on Thursday, some St Peter's College students were sitting practice exams in the hall as water seeped up from under the wooden floor boards. Principal Tara Quinney said all but two of the school's ground floor classrooms had been inundated with water. Most students were sent home before the Read more

Cleanup begins as rain eases in Southland... Read more]]> As the rain fell in Gore on Thursday, some St Peter's College students were sitting practice exams in the hall as water seeped up from under the wooden floor boards.

Principal Tara Quinney said all but two of the school's ground floor classrooms had been inundated with water.

Most students were sent home before the water reached inside on Thursday but some were sitting the exams in the hall.

The school, like many in Southland, where a region-wide State of Emergency was declared at 6pm on Thursday, was closed on Friday - the last day of the school term. Read more

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