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Mid and South Canterbury: Weather/Road conditions
Monday, 12 June 2006, 9:32 am
Press Release: New Zealand Police
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NZ Police CommCens Alert 06:40 12-06-2006
Canterbury
Location of incident: Mid and South
Canterbury.
Incident Type: Weather/Road
conditions
Police have not issued warnings to Christchurch
residents not to travel around Christchurch.
The warnings
are localised as previously released, to Timaru, Hinds and
surrounding
areas.
ENDS
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