The region was originally under an orange severe wind warning from 7pm Monday, but that was moved forward to 1pm. The warning was lifted at 9am today.
A MetService spokesperson said the gusts experienced overnight didn’t quite reach the “freakout” threshold, occurring a couple of times a year.
Wellington Electricity’s outage map shows 68 customers will be without power from 9am to 1pm in Miramar and Seatoun while power lines are repaired from wind damage.
Over in Wadestown, 47 households are without power from 12pm to 4pm for repairs, a tree has also fallen onto the road in a landslip, blocking Barnard St.
Tawa also has an unplanned outage with 29 customers affected caused by trees on overhead power lines. Wellington Electricity says it expects to restore power to the area by 3.10pm.
Part of Oriental Bay was cordoned off due to safety concerns on Monday. Photo / Grace Symmans
Yesterday, part of Oriental Parade and Evans Bay Parade were cordoned off by police after multiple cyclists fell from their bikes and wing mirrors were blown off cars.
Weather warnings are still active for the Tararua Range, with a strong wind watch until midday.
Around the country strong winds also caused problems for Wairarapa, Otago and Southland on the long weekend.
MetService meteorologist Devlin Lynden told the Herald the strongest winds would ease as the weather system moved north.
“By midday or early afternoon winds will have eased and turned to lighter and cooler southwesterlies.”
Grace Symmans is a Wellington-based reporter who covers news in the capital. Grace joined NZME in 2025 as a producer for Wellington Mornings on Newstalk ZB. She can be emailed at grace.symmans@nzme.co.nz.