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The Emergency Management Minister's praising authorities for their fast thinking in today's wild weather.

A local State of Emergency remains in force for Nelson, Marlborough, and Tasman, where an orange heavy rain warning's been extended until 3pm.

Another 40 millimetres is expected to fall.

Mark Mitchell has been in Blenheim this morning, assisting Civil Defence.

He told Matt Heath and Tyler Adams the affected councils made decisions early, and our first responders have been outstanding.

Mitchell says people that needed to evacuate have done so, and everyone has been well-managed during the weather events.

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On the Matt Heath and Tyler Adams Afternoons Full Show Podcast for the 26th of June 2025 - should we be doing more to be self-sufficient as a nation for all sorts of reasons, including the threat of war and a nuclear winter?

Then referee abuse - what's behind the rise in antisocial behaviour on the sidelines?

And then our Afternoons duo finally got to a subject they'd been wanting to talk about hoarding, with some great calls about hoarders.

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