Invercargill City Councillor Darren Ludlow is the "patient" as Civil Defence experts display their skills at a function commemorating the 1984 floods.   Picture: John Leask

Reflecting on the floods

Twenty-five years ago Black Friday - January 27, 1984 -left many low-lying areas in Southland reeling from a record overnight downpour of 134mm.
   To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the worst floods in Southland’s recorded history the Southland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, with the Southland District Council, Invercargill City Council and Environment Southland, brought together some of the surviving members of the 1984 civil defence team, emergency services and other key players involved in the floods.
    Minister of Civil Defence John Carter made a special visit to Invercargill to speak at the Civic Theatre function. Other speakers included Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt, Southland Mayor Frana Cardno and Environment Southland chairman Stuart Collie.
   
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