Cars are still being pulled from a Wellington stream, more than a week after floods caused by torrential rain tore through the city.
At the Ōwhiro Stream today, crews were on site, hauling out vehicles that had been washed away in the floods.
While 1News was at the site, a tow truck pulled a wrecked car up the bank and onto the street. Another sat at the base of the stream.
Adrian Smith, whose car was pulled from the stream, joked that he hoped insurance would cover the damage, "because I'm not getting any of the dents out".
He said that the "Biblical" flood picked up his car and "came down the stream, leaned up against the bridge".
Smith believed his car was carried about 300 to 400 metres by the rushing floodwaters.
"There's another car buried beneath it," he said.
The Wellington City Council said two other cars remained stuck in the stream - a grey Mini and another unidentifiable vehicle.
Heavy machinery, including an excavator, may be needed to retrieve them, with the most stuck car potentially taking several weeks to remove.
The council said it would get them out "as soon as practicable".
On the day of the flooding, a car was pictured in the sea off Ōwhiro Bay.
The suburb of Ōwhiro Bay was badly hit during last week's floods, which affected parts of southern Wellington.
In the days following the torrent, which hit in the early hours of April 20, the council said around 20 homes were left uninhabitable. The council has since confirmed 40 properties had been damaged by the floods, with three homes classified as dangerous.
The work comes as the city continued its cleanup following the storms.
One person, Karori postman Philip Sutton, was killed when the property where he was staying was swamped by floodwaters and debris.
People across the capital and Wairarapa were forced to evacuate, as their homes filled with water, with some damaged when slips ploughed into them, or the ground fell out. States of Emergency were issued for numerous districts in the region.
In an update yesterday afternoon, the council said it was collecting storm waste from impacted suburbs.
Storm waste included flood-damaged furniture; wet carpets, underlay, and rugs; soft furnishings (curtains, cushions, bedding); gyprock and plasterboard (from damaged walls); general household items ruined by water; small garden debris; and E-waste.
The council asked those in affected areas to "please put any items out as soon as possible".
"Don’t worry if your large items and storm waste bags sit at the kerbside for a while – it will take us some time to get round everywhere, but we will collect them."
Residents could pick up a free storm waste bag from the Southern Landfill Tip Shop between 8.30am and 4.30pm today.
The free bags were only available to residents of Berhampore, Island Bay, Kingston, Mount Cook, Mornington, Vogeltown, Brooklyn, Newtown, or Ōwhiro Bay.
Meanwhile, in all affected areas, the council had started kerbside collection for flood-damaged items that could not fit in bags, such as beds, large furniture, whiteware and electrical items.
"Please ensure these items are kerbside by 8am each day and try not to block footpaths, cycleways or carparks," the Council said.
"As there could be potential contamination risks, please don't touch other people's waste sitting on the kerbside."
Southern Landfill in Ōwhiro Bay was accepting general domestic waste and storm waste drop-offs at its usual rates.
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