The rains have washed a lot of things away in the small Marlborough township of Canvastown, but not its community spirit.
Residents of the settlement this past week moved as swiftly as the fast flowing nearby river to fortify what has become their key place of refuge, the local Pelorus Tavern-Trout Bar.
For a town cut off from much of the world right now, including supply routes, life at the pub is "doing pretty well," says landlady Kaycee Polkinghorne.
She spoke to Susie Ferguson.
