22 Sep 2023

Queenstown's wettest day in quarter century causes debris & slash

From Checkpoint, 5:14 pm on 22 September 2023

Queenstown had its wettest day in a quarter of a century today, with mud, debris and forest slash running through the edge of town after a massive deluge of rain.

The town got a month's worth of rain in 24 hours, more than 100 homes had to be evacuated, and it's under a state of emergency.

Ashleigh McCaull and cameraman Angus Dreaver are in Queenstown.

Matt Wong is a Queenstown councillor and owns i-Fly Indoor Skydiving on Brecon Street, where the debris from the slip and forestry slash ended up, he speaks to Lisa Owen.