Waikato District

The State Highway 23 divvy remained closed between Raglan and Whatawhata yesterday due to a slip west of Glentui Lane, with people wanting to spend the long ...

The rivers are likely to continue rising as the water makes its way down from the hills. The Coromandel had 1.5 metres of rain so far this year, a figure the region normally gets to by June and July. This is extremely important to our Raglan citizens and our council as a whole as the lifeline of Whaingaroa [Raglan],” she says. The council also closed the top section of Motakiora/ Brook Park for all recreational use until further notice. Matamata-Piako also reports flooding and damage to roads. There is also a heavy rainfall watch in place for the Hunua Ranges. The local council says the heavy rain put “extreme strain” on the district’s water and wastewater network and people are urged to conserve water. In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the council says: “Based on the historical rainfall data, Saturday’s rainfall was well over a 1:100-year storm event and very close to a 1:250-year storm event.” As a result, the council expect slips around the roading network and on properties to continue even for some weeks to come. She says that Waka Kotahi expects to have initial information on the next steps in the repair and restoration of SH25A to share with the public next week, if the weather and ground conditions allow safe access to the site. “Both Council and Waka Kotahi staff have and continue to monitor this... MetService issued a heavy rain watch for the two regions on Wednesday night, because a weather front moving eastwards across the Bay of Plenty and was expected to “reverse direction” and move back towards the Coromandel Peninsula , the