Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been given an aerial tour of the Canterbury floods this morning.
Ardern jetted into a soaked Christchurch last night after a 24-hour visit to Queenstown, where she held talks with visiting Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
This morning, she was given an NZDF NH90 helicopter tour over the worst-affected areas of the soaked Canterbury region after months' worth of rain fell over just a few days, causing widespread damage to bridges, roads, farms, houses and garages, and resulting in military intervention and hundreds of evacuations.
Ardern posted a live video during her flight this morning, showing flooding stretching across the flooded Canterbury Plains.