Source: Radio New Zealand
State Highway 75 connecting Christchurch to Akaroa reopened on Wednesday.
The New Zealand Transport Agency said road users would need to take care and prepare for temporary restrictions, but the flooding and slips had been cleared.
Banks Peninsula was pelted by ten times the monthly average rainfall in the last 48 hours.
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Roads damaged after floods in Akaroa. Nathan McKinnon
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