Flood Damage at Kairaki Beach, Kaiapoi

May/June 2021 saw a huge amount of rain cause extensive flooding around the Cantebury area. After checking out damage to the Glentui Loop Track, the family and I went out to Kairaki Beach at the mouth of the Waimakariri River.

Usually full of 4WDs and people fishing, the beach is covered in brown branches and other dead vegetation, all washed-up from Canterbury’s floods.

Video Showing Kairaki Beach Following the Floods