COMMUNITY UPDATE Thursday 23rd October 5:00 pm

WELFARE:

For any community support, donations or information please contact KDC welfare team, Jo York 0220 614 558 or Sarah Wright 0272 597 165 for a coordinated effort.

FIRE:

Focus is on monitoring hot spots and prevention.

Call 111 with any concerns or if you notice any hot spots.

FENZ will be monitoring overnight and tomorrow and will be continuing to cut down trees.

ROADING:

State Highway 1 remains open.

Old Beach Road remains closed ‘Residents Only’.

If planning to travel this holiday weekend, please check the NZTA website.

POWER:

Power has been restored to the majority of the community. For some households power may remain off for several days.

If you notice any downed powerlines, please treat them as live even if your power is off.

Call MainPower with any concerns or visit mainpower.co.nz/outages.

WEATHER:

We remain in wind watch red, but winds have decreased and are not expected to return to higher speeds.