A search will resume today for a missing man thought to have been swept away in a river in Central Otago.

The Blues have named their first starting XV for 2011 ahead of their pre-season match against the Highlanders on Saturday.

After nine days at the bottom of a 60m cliff without food or water, Rusty the collie rewarded his rescuer by almost licking him to death.

A large landslip swept through a campground where up to 42 people were sleeping in flood-stricken Central Otago early today.