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25 years since the disasterous floods in Southland January 26 & 27 1984. Photos courtesy Environment Southland.
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For anyone who’s interested, there’s an audio slideshow of photos from the flood at http://multimedia.stuff.co.nz/sstimes/84Floods/ and stories about what happened at http://www.stuff.co.nz/southlandtimes/0a11797.html