As Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough remain in a state of emergency for the next seven days, Taranaki is in clean-up mode following a lashing of wild weather that's brought severe flooding, slips and power cuts to all three regions.
State Highway 3 at Awakino Gorge remains closed after heavy rain, surface flooding and slips.
State Highway 4 is closed between Whanganui and Raetihi.
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Meanwhile SH6 - a main route - has closed near Nelson including Rocks Road, a major thoroughfare around the city, due to a slip.
Nelson Tasman residents are breathing a sigh of relief after dodging a second extreme weather event in less than a week.
It comes after 1150 Golden Bay homes were without mobile phone or internet services including the ability to make 111 calls yesterday, due to a possible slip that severed a fibreoptic cable at the Uruwhenua Bridge.
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