Overview
- Emergency services responded at about 12:36pm local time after reports a twister struck the rural motor camp.
- Fire and Emergency NZ said a fire truck attended as ambulance staff assessed four people at the scene.
- St John transported one patient to Whanganui Hospital in moderate condition.
- Rangitīkei District Council reported numerous uprooted trees and some building damage, and Powerco said about 180 customers lost power with supply restored to Dudding Lake homes.
- The campground caretaker said a caravan flipped twice, while other residents described violent winds, a caravan dragged three metres, and a house-bus hit by lightning.