Eight people hurt, one seriously, in Southland crash
Emergency services called to crash about 5.30pm
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Homes looted after devastating Southland floods.
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Southland begins to enter recovery mode from a massive flooding event.
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"It was a matter of wading through waist-high water to get to the end of the street."
Fears of toxic gas clouds as flood waters threaten Southland chemical stash
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Live: Third Southland town told to flee floods, blocks of land under water
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'Very afraid and freezing cold': Tourists thought they'd die in West Coast floods
'We were very afraid and freezing cold. There was no way of communicating with anyone.'
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While some tourists were helicoptered out today, others remain stranded overnight.
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Gore woman looking for love used as 'money mule' by international crime syndicate
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