{"id":523826,"date":"2026-07-13T12:50:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/523826\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:50:14","slug":"state-highway-1-south-of-kaikoura-reopening-after-severe-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/523826\/","title":{"rendered":"State Highway 1 south of Kaik\u014dura reopening after severe weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Traffic management is likely to stay in place for several weeks while the full width of the highway is reinstated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Rocks and debris that had fallen onto SH1 from the hillside have been cleared. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Geotechnical engineers are providing advice on any potential land movement or risks that may require further action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">On Friday, a new slip came down over a restricted area of the road near Kaik\u014dura, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/new-slip-adds-setback-to-reopening-sh1-between-cheviot-and-kaikoura-after-severe-flooding\/WQ4A7YFV5ZDBZNRRTRL27RA34A\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/new-slip-adds-setback-to-reopening-sh1-between-cheviot-and-kaikoura-after-severe-flooding\/WQ4A7YFV5ZDBZNRRTRL27RA34A\/\">complicating efforts to get the main route back open<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"A new slip fell on a section of State Highway 1 near Kaik\u014dura days after severe flooding hit the region. Photo \/ NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>A new slip fell on a section of State Highway 1 near Kaik\u014dura days after severe flooding hit the region. Photo \/ NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">When the highway is reopened, NZTA said people are asked to travel with care and to respect the traffic management requirements that will be in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">The inland Route 70\/Inland Kaik\u014dura Road to the west of Kaik\u014dura remains closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">A detour route via State Highways 7, 65, 6 and 63 is still available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traffic management is likely to stay in place for several weeks while the full width of the highway&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,534,682,5201,26755,38289,685,111,43,139,69,1118,381,1230,2574,63502,2848,1240,13672,4998,686,15391],"class_list":["post-523826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-amid","tag-being","tag-closed","tag-highway","tag-kaikura","tag-last","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-region","tag-reopen","tag-reopening","tag-route","tag-severe","tag-south","tag-state","tag-weather","tag-week","tag-wild"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523826","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=523826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}