Weather event update 9am Saturday 5 July 2025
What’s the latest?
We’re looking to welcome some drier weather this weekend. No weather warnings or watches but a lot of ground is well saturated. Please continue to be careful when driving around.
Since Wednesday, our teams have sighted almost 650 properties, providing about 90 of those with information to reach out for support. The Rural Support Trust has also followed up with a number of those people. Our teams will be out and about again today to undertake assessments as we continue to monitor the situation.
After some support?
- We’ve got two community meetings today – one from 12-2pm at Riwaka Memorial Hall and the other from 3-5pm at the Ngātīmoti Hall.
- Up to $100,000 is being made available to support flood-affected farmers and growers: http://www.beehive.govt.nz/.../support-flood-affected...
- The Mayoral Relief Fund has been activated, please email mayoralrelief@tasman.govt.nz to apply. You can read more about it here: http://www.tasman.govt.nz/.../mayoral-relief-fund-june-2025
- The Ministry of Social Development is available to contact for additional financial support: http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/.../civil-defence...
Disposing of flood damaged materials?
- Remember, floodwater and silt can be contaminated and can carry bugs that can cause gastrointestinal (vomiting and diarrhoea), skin and eye infections. We recommend you treat all surface water as contaminated unless you have been told otherwise.
- If you have flood damaged materials, then this can be delivered to the transfer stations once it is safe to do so.
- Make sure you keep any receipts of costs for insurance purposes (if there are charges)
- Take photos of all your flood damage before you start the clean-up, remember to include a photo of the highwater mark.
- Please get in contact with your insurance company as soon as possible, to lodge your claim and get the claims process started.
- If your property is flood damaged, your insurer may arrange for a contractor to strip our damaged material to support drying. As part of that work the contractor will remove damaged building material.
- Any damaged material as a result of the weather event can be taken to the Council Resource Recovery Centre for assessment to determine whether council will cover the cost of disposal.
- If you are not able to transport your material to a Resource Recovery Centre, then please call your local council and it will look at getting a contractor to collect the material.
Please don’t put material on the roadside, as this makes it difficult and more expensive to manage.
Harbourmaster
The Harbourmaster, Coastguard and volunteers are continuing to clear a significant amount of debris from the water and coastline. These include nets, apple bins and plastic waste.
Please do not clear debris yourself as it could be contaminated and dangerous.
Need extra support?
- For those in the community still seeking support please contact your local council.
- If you need help phone 1-1-1.