{"id":385329,"date":"2026-04-18T05:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T05:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385329\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T05:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T05:10:11","slug":"slip-closes-west-coast-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385329\/","title":{"rendered":"Slip closes West Coast highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A slip has closed a highway on the West Coast due to significant flooding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>State Highway 67, between Waimangaroa and Granity, is affected, police said in a statement this morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thankfully, no one has been injured.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Water levels appeared to be rising and there has been significant flooding, especially around the Westport area, police said.<\/p>\n<p>They are urging motorists to delay travel.<\/p>\n<p>Where this was not possible, motorists should drive to the conditions, slow down and avoid entering flood waters.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SH67 GRANITY TO WAIMANGAROA &#8211; SLIP &#8211; 8:45AM, SAT 18 APR<br \/>The road is now CLOSED, due to slips between Granity and Waimangaroa. Avoid the area and delay your journey as there is no detour available. ^AP <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QNMn5Kfqwv\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/QNMn5Kfqwv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NZ Transport Agency &#8211; Canterbury &amp; West Coast (@nztacwc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nztacwc\/status\/2045243314375405797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Allied Media\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A slip has closed a highway on the West Coast due to significant flooding.\u00a0 State Highway 67, between&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-385329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385329","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=385329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}