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Kaikōura floods: Fears impacted region might not be out of the woods

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Publish Date
Thu, 9 Jul 2026, 7:34pm
Adam McManaway is trying to restore power to fences to stop stock getting out on Kaikoura's Rorrisons Road. Photo / RNZ, Nathan McKinnon
Adam McManaway is trying to restore power to fences to stop stock getting out on Kaikoura's Rorrisons Road. Photo / RNZ, Nathan McKinnon

Kaikōura's main route south could be closed several more days, as flooding, debris and rockfall is cleared.

State Highway 1's back open north of the township, but it's still closed to Waipara, and the Inland Kaikōura Road also can't be used.

The Country's Jamie Mackay explained further. 

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