Heavy rain is on the way - please prepare

We have been advised that heavy rain is heading our way again on Monday and Tuesday.

At this stage Metservice has not issued any watches or warning for our District over the weekend. However, we are anticipating some heavy rain from 12pm Monday, 27 October to 12pm Tuesday, 28 October which may approach 70mm over this period.

The rain may be particularly heavy in the Marokopa / Awakino / Mōkau areas, so we would advise people to drive to the conditions, and if they are in low lying areas and close to rivers to keep an eye on the river levels. 

Our district has recently been impacted by flooding and slips. Read more about our affected local roads.  Read more
Labour Day - Council and Facilities

Several of our facilities will be closed for Labour Day on Monday 27 October 2025. See the list here.

Road repairs to start soon on Rangitoto Road

29 Apr 2025, 8:10 AM

 

Work will start this week to repair two slips sites along Rangitoto Road in Te Kūiti.

The first site is 400m northwest of the Tate Road intersection, and the second site is 600m southeast of the Tate Road intersection.

The upgrades are in response to previous storm damage where preceding repairs were only of a temporary nature until a more permanent solution was determined, and funding was available.

Inframax Construction Ltd were awarded the contract following a tender process.

Work includes repairing the pavement (road surface), upgrading drainage and constructing a timber retaining wall.

During this time there will be some disruption to traffic flows due to the constrained site locations with temporary traffic management in place to allow for the works to be constructed safely.

Both sites will be constructed concurrently so there will be a 1km section of road affected by traffic management.

The overall completion for both sites is end of July 2025.