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Emergency services are responding to the rockslide on State Highway 1 in Paekākāriki.
A school is closed, a slip blocked a road and falling rocks hit a car after heavy rains in the Wellington region on Thursday morning.
The road connecting Upper Hutt to the Kāpiti coast, Akatarawa Road, has been closed due to slips and a fallen tree.
Kāpiti district council spokeswoman Sue Owens said crews were on their way to clean up the debris.
Motorists are advised to take an alternate route.
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Paremata School has also closed until further notice due to flooding.
Emergency services responded to a rockfall in the south lane of State Highway 1 in Paekākāriki, which struck a vehicle at 9.10 a.m. M.
The road was blocked while contractors swept it. Motorists are advised to expect delays.
Old State Highway 1, the main route north of Kāpiti, was also closed.
Police were dealing with flooding around Paekākāriki Hill Rd, a spokeswoman said.
There is surface flooding in different parts of the town of Porirua, with Wellington Water and city council teams attending hotspots like Awarua St and the roundabout at Denny’s, said Porirua City Council Communications Advisor Kris Dando.
Grays Rd was also closed.
“The high tide was at 6 am, so it is not too bad compared to last week,” he said.
Wellington Water was also at Plimmerton cleaning the beach sewer, using pumps to pump water at high tide.
A significant amount of debris was removed from the culvert to keep it open.
The council team is also in Titahi Bay working on affected areas and sewage overflows.
Wellington City Council also responded to the incidents, although none of them were significant, a spokeswoman said.
These included a pair of blocked sinkholes in Northland, surface flooding in Miramar and Johnsonville, and blocked drains in Tawa.
“All the works have been registered with the contractors, who have been sent to address the problems,” he said.
