Usually the Waimangaroa River, 17 kilometres north-east of Westport, is a placid stream (top). But after a few hours of heavy rain it becomes a raging torrent (bottom). Such dramatic changes are typical of West Coast rivers when there is heavy rain.
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Photographs by Stuart Henley (top); Simon Nathan (bottom)
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