Scenes on Surrey Street, South Dunedin, Friday evening. Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon
Many local roads remain closed in flooded parts of Otago.
Twenty are closed in and around Dunedin, and the city council says the Port Chalmers highway, State Highway 88, will stay closed until at least Monday because of a large landslip at Māia, and another near Parry Street.
To the south, in Clutha District, the Coast Road on the Milton side of Toko Mouth remains closed because of an unstable slip - residents of Toko Mouth still cut off.
Other closed roads included a section of Kaka Point Road where it crossed the Puerua River.
The council said a cut had been made through the sandbar on the Pūerua River to lower the water level on the road and help drain affected paddocks.
Inspections continue
Contractors in Dunedin will be resuming inspections around the city on Sunday to assess the damage from the flooding.
Nine properties have been red-stickered as unsafe to live in.
Almost 50 buildings were inspected on Saturday. Otago Civil Defence controller Rob West said more could be if more slips were found.
The welfare centre at Forsyth Barr Stadium closed on Saturday night after temporary accommodation was found for some remaining flood evacuees.
Leith River Photo: RNZ/Nathan McKinnon
Boil-water notices
Some communities were under boil-water notices because of the risk of flood contamination.
In Dunedin, this included Māia, Roseneath, Sawyer's Bay, Port Chalmers, Carey's Bay and Deborah Bay, residents of which were also asked to conserve water.
For Outram, Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury, the city council said the tap water was safe to drink but people were asked to conserve it.
Residents in the suburb of Maia were being asked to conserve water because a pipe had been affected by a large landslide, and just a day's worth of water was left in reserve.
Engineers were looking to replace a 500m-long section of the pipe.
"We've got tankers out there and we're gonna be using an alternative water supply, which is already up and running - but we're just doing some testing to make sure that the water is OK for people to use," Otago Civil Defence controller Rob West said.
"In the meantime, people on the West Harbour have a boil water notice as a precautionary measure."
West said there was no timeframe on when the slip would be cleared, as it was still being assessed.
In Clutha, Stirling and Tapanui had boil-water notices.
The Clutha District Council said because all the region's rivers were discoloured, water was taking longer to treat to a drinkable standard, so all residents should try to conserve it.
Several of Clutha's wastewater systems had been overflowing.
A red heavy rain alert for North Otago, Dunedin and coastal Clutha was lifted Friday night, and there had been no warnings or watches put in place since.
The MetService forecast for Dunedin on Sunday was "fine, then cloud increasing this afternoon with the chance of a shower or two this evening. Light winds, afternoon northeasterlies."
