Flooding two weeks ago badly damaged about 100 homes - hitting about 400 in total.

The service kicks in for people after a Civil Defence emergency, offering short- to medium-term accommodation during repairs.

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25 Mar: A transformer fire has left left hundreds without power in Christchurch's Sumner

25 Mar: Coastal areas near the epicentre of a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in the country's South, are expected to experience unpredictable surges

25 Mar: The National Emergency Management Agency's assessing whether a 6.7 magnitude earthquake off the bottom of the South Island has created a tsunami risk

25 Mar: There's no threat of a tsunami following a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in waters below Southland - but residents can expect strong and unusual currents

25 Mar: A very deep 6.9 magnitude quake has rattled the country's South about 2.45pm

25 Mar: Synchronised bleaching: Ningaloo and the Great Barrier Reef are bleaching in unison for the first time

24 Mar: Queenstown Lakes District Council's reassuring the community, over the effectiveness of the Shotover Wastewater Plant

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