{"id":498179,"date":"2026-06-27T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/498179\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:12:11","slug":"wairarapa-emergency-centre-activated-after-storm-cuts-off-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/498179\/","title":{"rendered":"Wairarapa emergency centre activated after storm cuts off communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wellington Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (WRCDEM) said the centre was stood up to co-ordinate the response after the severe weather<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Access to essential supplies, medical needs and welfare assistance would be provided. <\/p>\n

Communities isolated <\/p>\n

The \u201csignificant\u201d impacts from the wild weather around the region remained a danger, particularly around South Wairarapa. <\/p>\n

WRCDEM said the Turanganui Bridge on Lake Ferry Rd has been \u201cwiped out\u201d on its northern side, which isolated several communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitial assessments indicate that repairs could take until midweek to establish access, depending on the current weather conditions and access to rock material.\u201d<\/p>\n

Locals are encouraged not to go near the affected area because it is \u201cextremely dangerous\u201d, and disruptions could impact the crews working in the area. <\/p>\n

Police will be on-site to encourage the community to adhere to this safety advice. <\/p>\n

WRCDEM said slipways are operating, and access to Martinborough has been reestablished via Longbush\/Hinekura. The bridges are not expected to open today. <\/p>\n

\"MultipleMultiple road closures remain in place, and some communities in the Wairarapa region have been cut off. Photo \/ Mark Mitchell<\/p>\n

\u201cWe strongly remind our communities not to become complacent. The ground remains heavily saturated, and there is a significant amount of debris on roads across the district.\u201d <\/p>\n

WRCDEM said slips were still likely in high\u2011risk areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease drive to the conditions and remain extra vigilant. There may also be damage to land and infrastructure that has not yet been identified.\u201d<\/p>\n

Locals are still advised to avoid unnecessary travel, self-evacuate if needed and follow official updates. <\/p>\n

This morning, hundreds remained without power after wind and rain lashed the capital. <\/p>\n

A Wellington Electricity spokesperson said it could be tonight before electricity supplies are restored.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Wellington Airport is running as normal today, although some flow-on disruptions may remain as airlines work to clear the backlog of travellers disrupted by yesterday\u2019s weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wellington Region Civil Defence Emergency Management Group (WRCDEM) said the centre was stood up to co-ordinate the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[110760,74,1558,1550,40750,10666,115961,15974,5346,11551,130,111,43,139,1536,69,6662,26859,1523,5353,6560,673,75414,62,4998,102],"class_list":["post-498179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-activated","tag-after","tag-been","tag-centre","tag-communities","tag-cuts","tag-destructive","tag-emergency","tag-expected","tag-hours","tag-more","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-next","tag-nz","tag-off","tag-operations","tag-over","tag-period","tag-rain","tag-storm","tag-stormy","tag-wairarapa","tag-weather","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498179","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=498179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}