Rivers in North Otago and on the Taieri peaked on Monday and, while dropping yesterday, were expected to stay high for a few days.
About 24 roads across the greater Dunedin area were still closed or affected by slips and flooding late yesterday.
The recent few days of rain had pushed up rainfall figures to the point Cromwell, Alexandra and Lauder were already having their wettest June on record.
Dunedin and Oamaru had each had about three times their June average rainfall since the start of the month.
Henley residents' road access was still cut off yesterday for all but high four-wheel-drive vehicles, although most escaped the severe damage experienced in the last flood.
Federated Farmers Otago past-president Mike Lord said it appeared most people had weathered the rain OK and yesterday's fine weather gave them time to retrieve stranded stock.
If the water in the upper ponding area drained away quickly, farmers might not have experienced too much damage, he said.
Otago Regional Council's new chief executive, Peter Bodeker, flew over the Taieri and Tokomairiro areas yesterday and was impressed at how well the council's flood protection works coped with the floodwaters.
New Zealand Transport Agency Otago-Southland state highways operations manager Roger Bailey said until the floodwater receded it was hard to know how much damage had been done to state highways.
They were aware of a 6m- to 8m-deep hole in SH85 and that potholes were developing and road edges had been washed away.
He estimated it would probably cost ''several hundred thousand dollars'' to repair the damage but it was too early to say for sure.
Dunedin City Council roading engineer Peter Standring said contractors were still working on clearing slips at Harington Point Rd and Highcliff Rd.
There was still a lot of water coming out of banks, flooding and small slips around the city.
It was hoped the wind did not get up, as some trees could be unstable, he said.
| June Flood | |
| Dunedin City | |
| (June averag 51.44mm) | |
| Sunday | 38.8mm |
| Monday | 52.8mm |
| Tuesday | 6.8mm |
| Month so far | 150mm |
| Dunedin Airport | |
| (June average 78.4mm) | |
| Sunday | 26.2mm |
| Monday | 17.4mm |
| Tuesday | 2.8mm |
| Month so far | 49.4mm |
| Oamaru | |
| (June average 40.7mm) | |
| Sunday | 53.6mm |
| Monday | 29mm |
| Tuesday | 0.2mm |
| Month so far | 114mm |
