{"id":349713,"date":"2026-03-27T01:04:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/349713\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:04:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:04:20","slug":"in-pictures-aftermath-of-the-storm-in-the-upper-north-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/349713\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: Aftermath of the storm in the upper North Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4AA7_Kaeo_1_270226_Chris_Maca_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" alt=\"Water is receding and the sun is out in K\u0101eo, in Northland, this morning. State Highway 10 has reopened just north of the town, restoring road access to Kait\u0101ia and the top of the Far North.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nK\u0101eo Church surrounded by floodwaters.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Christopher Maca\n<\/p>\n<p>Northland Civil Defence teams are assessing the damage after the latest storm with the Far North and Whang\u0101rei set to remain under a state of emergency for another six days.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people were evacuated in Kaitaia on Thursday night and more than 400 households and businesses were still without power on Friday morning after the heavy rain.<\/p>\n<p>Damage has again been done to the roading network in the upper North Island with roads and state highways closed and drivers urged to take care due to surface flooding and slippery conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4CKR_Media_10_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Last night's flooding has caused serious damage to the road surface on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whang\u0101rei.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThursday night&#8217;s flooding has caused serious damage to the road surface on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whang\u0101rei.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4DC3_SUP270326WHAKAPARA3_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"Last night's flooding has caused serious damage to the road surface on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whang\u0101rei.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nFlood damage on Whakapara Bridge, north of Whang\u0101rei.<br \/>\nPhoto: NZTA\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4CKR_Media_1_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Last night's flooding has caused serious damage to the road surface on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whang\u0101rei.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nFlood damage on Whakapara Bridge, north of Whang\u0101rei.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4CKR_Media_3_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Last night's flooding has caused serious damage to the road surface on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whang\u0101rei.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nA road closure due to flood damage on Whakapara Bridge, on State Highway 1 north of Whang\u0101rei.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4E4M_Image_152_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"State Highway 25 just north of Whangamata, crews clear a fallen tree.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nState Highway 25 just north of Whangamata, crews clear a fallen tree.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Yiting Lin\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4EXX_Media_86_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"The main road in Kawakawa after the Northland heavy rain.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe main road in Kawakawa on Friday morning after the Northland heavy rain.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4EYJ_Image_5_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"The Word War I Memorial Forest in Whangamata is under water on March 27 with the Waikiekie Stream fast flowing and brown after heavy rain in Northland. Storm, weather, flooding, floods, Northland.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe World War I Memorial Forest in Whangamata is under water on Friday with the Waikiekie Stream fast flowing and brown after heavy rain in Northland.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Yiting Lin\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4EYJ_Image_jfif.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"The Word War I Memorial Forest in Whangamata is under water on March 27 with the Waikiekie Stream fast flowing and brown after heavy rain in Northland. Storm, weather, flooding, floods, Northland.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nFlooding at the World War I Memorial Forest in Whangamata on Friday.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Yiting Lin\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4H0E_bay_of_islands_2_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"Fog in the Bay of Islands the day after the Northland severe rain.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nFog in the Bay of Islands the day after Thursday&#8217;s storm.<br \/>\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Nick Monro\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/4JR4AA7_Kaeo_2_270226_Chris_Maca_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" alt=\"Water is receding and the sun is out in K\u0101eo, in Northland, this morning. State Highway 10 has reopened just north of the town, restoring road access to Kait\u0101ia and the top of the Far North.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe water is receding and the sun is out in K\u0101eo, in Northland, on Friday morning. State Highway 10 has reopened just north of the town, restoring road access to Kait\u0101ia and the top of the Far North.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Christopher Maca\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K\u0101eo Church surrounded by floodwaters. Photo: Supplied \/ Christopher Maca Northland Civil Defence teams are assessing the damage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":["post-349713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}