Nelson

Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese has declared a state of emergency after the Maitai river in Nelson East breached its banks as heavy rain continues to sweep acros.

But people need to be aware that there is a significant amount of rain still to fall and the situation could change." A lot of them have already started to sandbag and ... People will be referred to those centres after being assessed by the Flood Recovery Hub. "At this stage, there [is] no plan of evacuation. "The Buller River is likely to peak in Westport tomorrow morning. Buller district deputy mayor Sharon Roche told TVNZ's Breakfast: "At this stage, we're just asking residents to be prepared. More rain is expected to fall over the region. "Heavy rain may cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. Roche said one advantage authorities had was time. MetService issued the red warning - reserved for the most extreme weather events where significant disruption is expected - for Westland and Buller where up to 500mm and 550mm of rain is expected to accumulate, respectively. "We are constantly assessing the information on river levels and the impacts of the rainfall, and at this stage we are not requiring a general evacuation. Locals are told to prepare for between 150mm to 220mm of rain to accumulate, especially in the north and east.

A state of emergency has been declared in Nelson as some residents have been told to evacuate their homes immediately after the Maitai River breached its ...

But people need to be aware that there is a significant amount of rain still to fall and the situation could change." People will be referred to those centres after being assessed by the Flood Recovery Hub." The closure of State Highway 6 due to flooding between Havelock and Hira means there is no direct link between Blenheim and Nelson. A lot of them have already started to sandbag and ... More rain is expected to fall over the region. "The Buller River is likely to peak in Westport tomorrow morning. "At this stage, there [is] no plan of evacuation. "Heavy rain may cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. Roche told TVNZ's Breakfast: "At this stage, we're just asking residents to be prepared. "If you have no safe place to go, head to the Saxton Stadium. Roche said one advantage authorities had was time. One elderly couple had to be rescued by Landsar from their residence on the Riverside.

A culvert blocked by a landslide has sent a deluge of muddy water down a Nelson street.

Whether that's discussing the sea level threat to our beautiful coastline, highlighting the worker shortage across the region, or assessing who's campaigning for your vote in local body elections. * He said the hill was “pretty unstable as it is”, but a prolonged period of wet weather had made it worse. “I actually went out for a drive about 20 minutes earlier ...

Some residents are being told to evacuate, while others have been told to prepare for evacuations. What you need to know: A red heavy rain warning is in place ...

Almost half of downtown Nelson is made up of roads, car parks or car yards, a sustainable transport group says.

Whether that's discussing the sea level threat to our beautiful coastline, highlighting the worker shortage across the region, or assessing who's campaigning for your vote in local body elections. ”You’ve got to be high vision. Lyford sells mostly used Japanese and Australian imports. He’s been in the business since 1998 and says Nelson is a “very hard place” with “too many car yards” in the region. “It's really much more nuanced than that. He was stunned to find that 44% of that area was occupied by cars, car parking and car sales yards.

Report from RNZ A state of emergency has been declared in Nelson after the Maitai River breached its banks this afternoon. Nelson Tasman Civil Defence ...

A state of emergency is also in place across the West Coast after severe weather warnings were raised to red for Buller and Westland. “A few people have found their way home, not in vehicles of course, that’s like a riverbed now, they’ve managed to walk their way up on the high ground and make it home. Nelson’s Rocks Road has been closed due to the risk of a significant slip. A state of emergency was declared in Nelson after the Maitai River breached its banks this afternoon. A woman told to leave her house in Nile Street says the road now looks like a river. Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese said people were being asked to stay with friends and family if possible. More Nelson residents were evacuated from their homes overnight because of flooding and slips. Network Tasman was reporting that power was out in Atawhai, Maitai Valley, The Glen, Hira, and Cable Bay. “You get quite positive and you muck in and you do the mahi and you think ‘yep we’re going to get through this’. Nelson Tasman Civil Defence says to maintain the city’s supply, some areas of Stoke will receive water from the Richmond supply until further notice. The plant is operating at a lower capacity than usual and residents may notice a drop in water pressure until it is fixed. We’re so devastated because it’s been in our family for many generations and we’ve lost everything because all that we’ve got is our van to sleep in.

“There are not many places in New Zealand that can celebrate 180 years of worship and prayer on one site,” Nelson's Christ Church Cathedral'[s Dean Graham O' ...

The first purpose-built church building on the hill was completed nine years later in 1851 and stood overlooking Trafalgar Street. Whether that's discussing the sea level threat to our beautiful coastline, highlighting the worker shortage across the region, or assessing who's campaigning for your vote in local body elections. Services after sunset were not possible due to the lack of lighting. The service is open to everyone and will be followed by morning tea in the cathedral as well as a koha for church missionaries. * [Bishop Selwyn’s historic tent gathering on August 28, 1842](http://www.theprow.org.nz/places/piki-mai/#.YvmdPXZBzEY), which started the link between the Anglican church and Piki Mai, the service will begin in a tent on the Church Hill site and end inside the Cathedral.

Road closures have cut the direct link between Blenheim and Nelson and there is “every chance” river levels will keep rising, authorities say.

Whether that's discussing the sea level threat to our beautiful coastline, highlighting the worker shortage across the region, or assessing who's campaigning for your vote in local body elections. “The alternative route is via SH63 and the Wairau Valley. Wet carpet squelched underfoot as Barrett moved through the room, picking up belongings to carry to her car. The rain was expected to hit further north than it did and instead got “stuck” in the Maitai catchment area, she said. The website was down at 9pm. Barret said she first noticed brown water in her back garden, at around 3pm. I'd like to thank the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and Rapid Relief Trust for providing this service.” The people of our wonderful region deserve to get the latest news and updates on the issues affecting them. As the rain is set to continue, State Highway 6 between Blenheim and Nelson and State Highway 60 between Takaka and Collingwood are likely to remain closed until Friday.” Wastewater services were under pressure. [heavy rain warning ](https://www.metservice.com/warnings/home)is in place for the Nelson region from Cape Soucis, through Nelson City to Stoke, between Wednesday 8pm and Thursday 11pm. In Tasman, a heavy rain warning is in place between Wednesday 8pm and Thursday 9pm, with a further 200mm to 400mm of rain expected.

In the past couple of years, Willie Nelson has a long history of tempting, and cheating, death. In 1969, when his home in Ridgetop, Tenn., caught fire, ...

A multipart documentary in the works aims to chronicle Nelson’s “extraordinary life and career.” The singer himself has co-authored a number of books — memoirs, folksy works of fiction, collections of essays and aphorisms. There are occasions when he has chosen to sleep on the bus even when it was parked in the driveway of one of his palatial homes. [yearslong showdown with the Internal Revenue Service](https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/02/business/willie-nelson-hopes-for-a-hit-so-does-the-irs.html) (which seized a good share of his assets in 1990) and his multiple busts for marijuana possession. In 1969, Nelson bought a new guitar, a nylon-string Martin N-20, which he fitted with a pickup to produce a tone reminiscent of one of his musical gods, the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt. The nickname was coined one day when he was 14 and his (very stoned) father tried and failed to say the phrase “prodigal son.” By the time Willie was 6, he had his first six-string and was learning to play chords and write songs. Lukas and Micah grew up surrounded by musical equipment and taught themselves to play, bashing out classic-rock songs in a band room near the little building in the rear of the house where Nelson gathered with friends when he was not on tour. They met in 1986, in Arizona, on the set of the made-for-television Western drama “Stagecoach,” where she was working as a makeup artist. (“When you’re here, you’re in Luck,” he is fond of saying. when the house lights dimmed and Nelson took the stage, wearing a straw cowboy hat and a T-shirt that read “I Stand With Ukraine.” Recently, he had switched to performing while sitting down, a concession to age. When Nelson first recorded the song, in 1973, it was an outlaw-country anthem, a woozy blend of honky-tonk and funk and blues — a sound more redolent of weed than whiskey. There was a moment, in the 1990s, when he pulled himself off the road, signing a contract for a six-month residency at a theater in Branson, Mo.

Tasman District Police advise motorists to limit their travel to essential travel only, as the current severe weather event has closed several roads in the ...

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Westport, Seddonville and Mokihinui residents were also warned the Buller River could peak this morning. Start your day in the know. Get the latest headlines ...

The closure of State Highway 6 due to flooding between Havelock and Hira means there is no direct link between Blenheim and Nelson. "The Buller River is likely to peak in Westport tomorrow morning (Thursday). "There was no way to get out of the area." "Heavy rain may cause streams and rivers to rise rapidly. One elderly couple had to be rescued by Landsar from their residence on the Riverside. • Hawkesbury Rd from the start of the road to approximately 350m "If you have no safe place to go, head to the Saxton Stadium. The area experienced a month's worth of rainfall in just 15 hours, causing major flooding and slips. • Tapps Rd approximately 700m from the start • Wakamarina Rd - 13.3km in until approximately 1.5km before the end of the road • Centre Valley Rd - 520m from the start of the road, beyond the final residence • North Bank Rd - several slips means the road is down to one lane

There are slips, road closures and surface flooding across the northern and western South Island.

A heavy rain watch is in place for parts of Marlborough, the Tasman District from Motueka eastwards and the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers. A red heavy rain warning remains in place for Buller, Nelson and Westland. An orange heavy rain warning remains in place for the Tasman District, west of Motueka. A state of emergency was declared for Nelson Tasman and the West Coast yesterday and remains in place today. - A state of emergency is in place for Nelson Tasman and the West Coast - A red heavy rain warning remains in place for Buller, Nelson and Westland.

The city is under state of emergency after the Maitai River burst its banks Wednesday afternoon and poured down streets. More than 230 homes near the Maitai ...

People in Atawhai and Todds Valley were left without electricity for hours before it was restored. One resident who had lived in the city for 30 years spent the afternoon bailing out her backyard and said it was the worst flooding she had seen. Soldiers were patrolling the streets and all residents were asked to stay home if possible.

WEATHER LATEST: • More than 200 homes in Nelson evacuated after Maitai River burst its banks • Nelson Tasman Civil Defence urges residents near the river ...

"There was no way to get out of the area." "If you have no safe place to go, head to the Saxton Stadium. One elderly couple had to be rescued by Landsar from their residence on the Riverside. Aucklanders have also woken to heavy rain this morning, and orange warnings are in place for the region and Northland. The area experienced a month's worth of rainfall in just 15 hours, causing major flooding and slips. He described the situation as "frightening" and a "bit out of control".

A red heavy rain warning remains in place for Buller, Nelson and Westland. A state of emergency is in place for Nelson Tasman and the West Coast; Nelson's mayor ...

The detour route is via Haven Rd, Halifax St, Rutherford St and Waimea Rd. A detour is available via SH63, St Arnaud. Of the 160 Westport households encouraged to self-evacuate, most stayed with family and friends. In all three regions, rain is expected to return on Friday afternoon and ease Saturday afternoon. Karamea and Mokihinui levels are also dropping," it A heavy rain watch is in place for parts of Marlborough, the Tasman District from Motueka eastwards and the headwaters of the Canterbury lakes and rivers. A state of emergency was declared for Nelson Tasman and the West Coast yesterday and remains in place today. A red heavy rain warning remains in place for Buller, Nelson and Westland. 6.30am: These are the weather watches and warnings issued by MetService for the South Island - A strong wind watch is in place for Nelson, Tasman and Buller. - A state of emergency is in place for Nelson Tasman and the West Coast The West Coast remains under a state of emergency and a red weather warning is still in place. - A red heavy rain warning remains in place for Buller, Nelson and Westland.

The flooded Maitai River in Nelson enters houses in Avon Terrace, Nelson. Metservice says the next period of rain will “exceed warning criteria” for the red ...

That new high was well above the previous record flow for the river of 237 cumecs on December 14, 2011. Other sections of the trail were being monitored. The Riuwaka River was tipped to reach 178 cubic metres a second (cumecs) while its banks were rated for 190 cumecs, Choat said. "They haven't dropped as much [as usual] with the subsequent rain forecast and falling," King said. “It’s impossible to know what to take”, she said. A geotechnical report is being carried out to assess the stability of the hill. Forecasts of further rainfall in the catchment means the river could rise rapidly again, however. In a post the organisation asked people to stay home if they could to ease the pressure on roads and also to stay away from floodwaters, which could be contaminated. Sewage roared back up the pipes into the house. Many schools in Nelson were closed on Thursday. It reiterated that drinking water in Nelson was safe. The MetService updated its weather warnings at about 10am on Thursday.

WEATHER LATEST Flooding has closed parts of SH1 and SH10 in NorthlandThree injured in a crash in Northland after a tree fell on SH1A state of emergency rem.

The government has injected $200000 into the mayoral relief fund for Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough as the weather causes extensive damages to roads and ...

and rain in the southern Richmond area" - Marlborough emergency management officer Gary Spence](/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018854141/marlborough-communities-isolated-after-bad-weather) so that's another area of concern we're looking at later in the day." and rain in the southern Richmond area" - Marlborough emergency management officer Gary Spence duration 3:08](/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018854141/marlborough-communities-isolated-after-bad-weather) ["We're expecting more rain in the Blenheim area ... and rain in the southern Richmond area which is going to push the Wairau River up ... He said Civil Defence was "really, really happy" with how the community had responded to the weather event and he was happy a precautionary approach had been taken. Cleine acknowledged the flooding was hard on people both financially and mentally but said a detailed plan on how to improve flood defences in the area was now before Cabinet. More than 600mm of rain had fallen in the Tasman Mountains and more than 400mm in some lower-lying areas of Tasman and Nelson between midnight Monday and 10am today, MetService said. Maitai River was very close to 500 cumecs. She said she had never before seen the degree of overflow in the Maitai River, and that was one of the things that had caused the damage. Then he came across a mother and son who had to walk down the street to get to the shops because they could not use their car, and he said they were so thankful their house hadn't been touched and were sad for those whose houses were impacted. Occupants of 233 homes near the Maitai River in Nelson were evacuated after the river burst its banks, and another 10 households in the Tahunanui Hills have had to leave because of a slip. He had only been there for a few hours when the briefing started, but long enough to see the extent of the damage, he said.

The government has injected $200,000 into the mayoral relief fund for Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough as the weather causes extensive damages to roads and ...

- 104 have been assessed today for damage and roughly 20 of those have the two tiered stickers. Slips, flooding and washouts have disrupted traffic across the Tasman District and there are fears of more flooding. Wild weather has been causing chaos across the country, with a state of local emergency in place for the Nelson-Tasman and West Coast regions.

Minister for Emergency Management announces $200,000 contribution to Nelson Tasman mayoral relief fund · Of 104 houses assessed for damage so far, 20% red or ...

More [floods in February ](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/weather-news/127733957/quite-a-few-angry-people-floods-after-second-rain-dump-in-a-week-take-westport-by-surprise)this year again caused widespread damage and left the town cut off. He urged locals to “remember what happened in February” when back-to-back rain events saturated the ground and caused significant flood damage. And those articles are free. “We did dodge a bullet,” Buller Civil Defence controller Al Lawn said. Digger drivers channelled water away from homes, scouring the street and leaving underground pipes exposed. “It's going to be a recovery ... Dozens of houses have been declared unsafe and a residential street has been washed away. “The neighbours heard a big crack.” Some of the heaviest rain was forecast to fall from midnight Friday to 9am and then again from 3pm to 10pm with a heavy rain warning in place for Taranaki Maunga until that time. [July last year](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/126075323/after-the-worst-floods-in-decades-westport-residents-mull-over-options-for-new-defences) was the region’s worst for decades, leading to evacuations of almost half of Westport and a three-week-long state of emergency. [schools in Nelson were closed](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/129603029/school-and-roads-closed-offers-of-help-as-state-of-emergency-remains) on Thursday and numerous roads in the region were shut or impassable due to surface flooding, slips, or downed trees. More than 400 millimetres of rain has fallen in low-lying parts of the region and up to 200mm more is forecast over Friday and Saturday.