BLOCK ROAD IN LOWER HUTT CLOSED (3.20pm 13 July 2017)
After heavy rain in the city throughout the day, surface flooding on Block Road is at a level that means we need to close the road. Block Road is now closed and it will remain closed overnight.
All other roads in Lower Hutt remain open. If that changes we will update this post with new information. You can also follow www.facebook.com... for roading updates.
There is surface flooding at other spots across the city and our contractors are out monitoring them. If you notice any issues please help us by reporting them 24/7 via our contact centre: 04 570 6666.
It's bitterly cold out and the Hutt River is running high so please stay inside if you don't need to be out and stay away from waterways.
We've also closed three Council facilities early today at 4pm: council's building on Laings Road, War Memorial Library and the Lower Hutt I-SITE.
For the latest on public transport checkout www.metlink.org.nz... you'll also find them on Twitter.
If you've got power outages where you are, check out the Wellington Electricity website for updates on when they expect it to be back on www.welectricity.co.nz...
Travel safe everyone and try to keep warm…it’s a double jersey kind of day!
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scumbags
There are some really awful people around at the moment. This is what happened on Sunday.
We live in Hinemoa Street opposite the Waiwhetu Stream. At around 3.40 in the afternoon I was looking out my window and saw a car pull up and start to feed the geese and ducks out the window. Then The passenger an asian man jumped out and threw himself onto a goose. he picked it up and put it the boot of the car.
I immediately ran over and stood in front of his car to stop him moving I also called my husband to help. A lovely man was riding his bike and saw it and stopped to help me. The driver tried to drive into me but I didnt move. He tried telling us it was his pet. These are wild geese.
They had a cage in the boot and some wire all ready to catch the poor bird like they have done it before. My husband took the bird from the car and released it. I then moved out of the way and after lots of abuse from the driver they drove off threatening to come back and get more.
No one should be allowed to take these beautiful birds and certainly not like this. they are all starting to have wee babies at the moment the whole thing was so upsetting to me. Another neighbour further down the road also saw it all happen.
Please keep a look out for this car and if you see them by the stream go over and watch them lets all stop this happening.
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