27/10/2025
Recovery Updates from the Hurunui District Council for Tuesday 28th October.
9:15AM
From the Emergency Operations Centre, primarily affecting Waiau Bridge.
The Waiau Bridge will have a hard closure in place from 11am until 4pm, today Tuesday 28 October.
The closure is to replace a power pole in the middle of the river, and the bridge is needed for the truck to hold the pole.
Detours will be in place down Leslie Hill Road.
There will be manned traffic controlled points in place at the following locations:
- Prior to the Waiau Bridge, Waiau side
- Rotherham Road North and Davison Road
The rest of the detour will be unmanned but will be signposted.
Maps will be available as soon as possible via the HDC Roading Page - https://www.hurunui.govt.nz/council/alerts...
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Further Roading Updates
There is a large tree blocking Motunau Beach Road between SH1 and Glendhu Road. Detour via Happy Valley Road to enter or exit Motunau. Road expected to be closed for half a day.
TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER
12:45
GREAT NEWS
Minister for Emergency Management and Recovery, Mark Mitchell MP has announced, that the Government will be adding $100,000 to Mayoral Relief Funds to help Hurunui and Kaikōura communities impacted by severe weather.
We are exceptionally grateful for this support, which means an additional $50,000 for Hurunui, to help make a real difference in our shared recovery.
Minister Mitchell says, “I’ve spent time this week with affected communities and have been deeply impressed by the resilience, pragmatism, and grit shown by first responders, iwi and community leaders on the ground.
“Today’s contribution to Kaikōura and Hurunui's Mayoral Relief Funds will provide support for the communities’ immediate and pressing needs and will help them as they begin to recover from these events.”
For more details please follow this link -
https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/further-funding-boost-support-communities-affected-severe-weather
10:20AM
We’re looking to wrap up our Emergency Operations Centre today with a continued focus on gathering data to support recovery efforts. Details for providing this data via a Rapid Rural Assessment are below.
Weather conditions have largely improved, with wind and rain having passed through overnight. Snow is still expected to continue falling until this evening at relatively low levels, but not anticipated to affect townships.
MainPower has restored electricity to most areas, with work continuing on isolated outages at an individual property level.
Water supplies have been largely restored, however high turbidity in rivers is affecting capacity of treatment plants.
Boil water notices are currently in place for Kaiwara, Cheviot and Balmoral, with potential for additional notices depending on treatment plant performance as noted above.
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We’d appreciate ( even if everything is okay in your patch ) using the Rapid Rural Assessment tool to understand the impact and extent of the damage in your community. This information is then used to determine priority activities for recovery.
Click the link below to access the tool.
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/efe1dd4f0035476a85a8cfe369070b57?
9:15AM
There’s plenty that’s just come out of our Emergency Operations Centre, primarily affecting Waiau Bridge.
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The Waiau Bridge will have a hard closure in place from 11am until 4pm, today Tuesday 28 October.
The closure is to replace a power pole in the middle of the river, and the bridge is needed for the truck to hold the pole.
Detours will be in place down Leslie Hill Road.
There will be manned traffic controlled points in place at the following locations:
- Prior to the Waiau Bridge, Waiau side
- Rotherham Road North and Davison Road
The rest of the detour will be unmanned but will be signposted.
Maps will be available as soon as possible via the HDC Roading Page - https://www.hurunui.govt.nz/council/alerts?item=id%3A2mpip5yhy17q9swbyl56
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Further Roading Updates
There is a large tree blocking Motunau Beach Road between SH1 and Glendhu Road. Detour via Happy Valley Road to enter or exit Motunau. Road expected to be closed for half a day.
More to come before 10am.
7:30AM
Good morning. We'll be keeping you up to date with what's happening in the District as news comes to hand. Our next update should be around 9AM with any urgent notices.
In the meantime do please keep in touch:
Amberley: 03 314 8816
Cheviot Freephone: 03 319 8812
Amuri & Hanmer Springs Freephone: 03 315 8400
And visit our Adverse events page which has links for roads, water, power and much much more.
https://www.hurunui.govt.nz/community/cd/adverse-events
