Canterbury / Christchurch City / Fairlie / Lincoln / /
Company
Opuha Dam / /
Country
New Zealand / /
Currency
USD / / /
Event
Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Christchurch Opuha Dam / Civil Defence bunker / Opuha Catchment / Skipton Bridge / Opuha Dam / /
Holiday
Waitangi Day / /
IndustryTerm
stock water systems / water management / gold mining / water supply infrastructure / irrigation infrastructure / dam-site / travel time / travel times / recent applications / dam site / stock water race systems / water delivery systems / /
NaturalFeature
Tengawai River / Opuha/Opihi River / Opihi River / km river / South Island / Opuha River Gorge / Total South Island / Opuha River / Opuha Gorge / Bay of Plenty Gisborne Hawkes Bay Taranaki Manawatu-Wanganui Wellington Total North Island / /
Organization
Met Service / Mackenzie District Council / Environment Canterbury ECan / / /
Position
farmer / head of stock / warning officer / Senior Water Resources Engineer / Lincoln Environmental / warden / ECan water level recorder data logger / /
Emergency management, Opuha Dam collapse, Waitangi Day 1997 Philip Lees1 and David Thomson2 The partially completed Opuha Dam near Fairlie in South Canterbury failed at about 1.00 am