Overview
- Authorities declared a local state of emergency on Banks Peninsula after about 300mm of rain in 48 hours flooded roads, with State Highway 75 closed and Akaroa isolated.
- Boil-water notices were issued for Wainui and Little River, communication outages were reported due to a damaged fibre cable, and several hundred properties lost power overnight.
- South Wairarapa’s Lake Ferry Road bridge was washed out, severing access to Lake Ferry, Ngawi and Cape Palliser, where residents formed a human chain to pass supplies as repairs were prepared.
- Thousands of customers in the lower North Island remained without electricity on Tuesday as restoration continued following Wellington’s strongest winds since 2013, including 193 km/h gusts at Mt Kaukau.
- MetService said the deep low is tracking south with further heavy rain and large swells expected, while councils monitor flood risks and prioritise reopening key routes and supplying cut-off settlements.