Road closures NZ

The storm system created by ex-Tropical Cyclone Hale has caused flooding and slips on State Highways in the Coromandel, Napier and Gisborne regions.

Waka Kotahi is urging motorists to stay off affected roads. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency contractors are out inspecting the network and responding to any slips and fallen trees. SH25 is reduced to one lane between SH25A and McBeths Road to a slip. SH25 is CLOSED between Hikuai Settlement Road and Tairua due to flooding. State Highway 25 (SH25) is CLOSED between Tapu and Te Puru due to a large slip. There is extensive flooding in the area and this section of the highway is likely to remain closed for some time.

Hawke's Bay woke to road closures, flooding and even a power outage for some properties on Wednesday morning following heavy rainfall and the impact of ...

The event is unable to be rescheduled and will return in 2024. Papers are expected to be delivered by midday. That included Ocean Beach Rd near Maraetotara Stream due to flooding, and Apley Rd in Puketapu due to a tree down over the road and power lines. As at 11.45am on Wednesday, that highway remained closed. That includes inland parts of Hawke’s Bay and areas south of Hastings and northern parts of the Tararua District. Hawke’s Bay woke to road closures, flooding and even a power outage for some properties on Wednesday morning following heavy rainfall and the impact of Cyclone Hale.

Weather warnings have been lifted for Tairāwhiti while Northland says its recovery will take several weeks.

Cyclone Hale brought fierce tides to the Coromandel and saw three metres of bank at Mercury Bay scoured away. In Coromandel the historic Mercury Bay Boating Club in Whitianga may have been saved thanks to the efforts of the local community to protect the building from erosion. The region's rivers are still at high levels and continue to be monitored after Hikuwai River peaked at 13.5 metres last night.

TairÄ whiti continues to be in a state of emergency as first light has revealed considerable damage to the roading network with multiple slips and dropouts ...

This is more than double the rainfall from Saturday night in Gisborne. The Waioeka Gorge remains open at this stage. "We’re asking everyone to please be patient and continue to avoid all unnecessary travel. "We also have more rain forecast for the end of this week and into next week so we are not out of the woods yet. "Tikitiki is isolated from both ends and the internet is down, so we have been unable to make contact with anyone there for more than 12 hours, this is a priority for our teams today to make a connection to see how they fared overnight," says Ms Thatcher Swann. We have multiple road closures, there is still surface flooding and as more people get out and about this morning we are hearing more reports of large cracks in roads."

Tairāwhiti Civil Defence controller Nedine Thatcher Swann asks everyone to please stay off the roads and take this weather event seriously. “We want to ensure ...

“High tide passed at 9.30pm but water is still coming off the ranges and into streams which will feed into our rivers so we are monitoring them closely” says Ms Thatcher Swann. [Council](https://www.facebook.com/GisborneDC) and [Tairāwhiti Civil Defence](https://www.facebook.com/CDEMGisborne) for the latest information. The sewer network is overwhelmed and emergency valves are open in several locations into the city’s rivers to avoid overflows on private property. Waipaoa River at Kanakanaia is at 6.5m and rising, and is estimated to peak between 7 and 7.5m. “The Hikuwai River at Willowflat is at 12.44m and rising and is estimated to peak over 13m near midnight tonight. “We want to ensure our community is aware we have more rain to come and rivers are still rising.

A state of emergency has been declared in Tairāwhiti as the North Island braces for more wild weather after Cyclone Hale. The emergency came into force at ...