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    • Collapsed roof of Invercargill’s Southland Stadium by snow, 2010
    Rights: Malcolm Gayfer, Weatherwatch Published 17 July 2019 Size: 99 KB Referencing Hub media

    In September 2010, the roof of Invercargill’s Southland Stadium collapsed. This was partly due to the weight of up to 600 tonnes of snow from one of the worst storms to hit the area in decades.

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