7 September 2021
| Timestamp | Visual information | Audio information |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00:00 | [Text] Building resilience: Investing in New Zealand | [Light music plays] |
| 0:00:07 | Culvert under construction underway | A small, but critical, improvement made on State Highway 6 near Kingston, south of Queenstown will help ensure this important lifeline stays open. |
| 0:00:18 | Storm damage on State Highway 6 | In 2019, storms in the area started becoming more severe. This created flooding and slips. |
| 0:00:25 | Earthworks machines clear slip debris from the road | Vehicles were trapped and communities cut off. |
| 0:00:31 | Digger removing earth from around the culvert | Investigation found that this was largely because of one 900 millimetre culvert, which |
| 0:00:36 | Culvert water running into Lake Wakatipu | was too small to cope with increasing amounts of water from storms. |
| 0:00:39 | Construction workers inspecting the newly installed, larger culvert | So, in early 2021 a three-week project was launched to install a 1,600 millimetre pipe. |
| 0:00:45 | Two emergency services personnel pointing at a map of the lower South Island | Making the route more reliable for local people, emergency services and freight trucks going to and from the Queenstown area. |
| 0:00:53 | [Text] David Baillie, Territory Manager | Central Otago, St John Ambulance | [David Baillie] State Highway 6 is a very important route for us. We need access to it 24 hours a day seven days a week. |
| 0:01:00 | David wears a St John Ambulance uniform and is standing in front of three emergency service vehicles | The services that are offered locally in the Queenstown area are fantastic but limited, and Southland Hospital offers further services, hence the need to transport our patients there at very short notice. |
| 0:01:15 | Worker in orange hi-vis jacket and white helmet walking along the road with storm water flowing into the culvert | While it's one of the smaller projects in the district, its made a big improvement to State Highway 6's ability to cope with severe weather events. |
| 0:01:22 | [Text] Over the next three years, $1.1 billion will be invested on transport projects across Otago/Southland. | [Light music plays] |
| 0:01:32 | Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and New Zealand Government logos |
2021–24 NLTP Ōtākou/Murihiku | Otago/Southland regional summary
