Ah FFS the wind is back big time. 120km+ on Otago Peninsula again just now. It had really quietened down around 8pm.

This is boring #Oct23Storm

How the storm looks - photos and videos from around NZ Wild weather has fuelled travel disruptions and chaos on the streets in many parts of the country - and there’s still more to come.

Jesus Christ👀
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FB Post Grey District Council 1h • WATER LEVELS ARE NOW CRITICALLY LOW Some people are out of water - follow this post for updates. Urgent contingency measures are being planned. Omoto Reservoir is at 10%. This is due to a storm-related issue at the GREATER GREYMOUTH WATER TREATMENT PLANT. A large team is on site and has been working for several hours. AFFECTED AREAS: GREYMOUTH, COBDEN, BLAKETOWN, BODDYTOWN, KARORO, SOUTH BEACH, PAROA, KAIATA, DOBSON, TAYLORVILLE, STILLWATER, RUNANGA, DUNOLLIE, COAL CREEK, and RAPAHOE. Please FOLLOW this post for updates, and SHARE and TAG everyone you know. Also, ADVISE ANYONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS.

#Oct23Storm To top the day off, we now have no water at my house. Very low level of water left at the reservoir. Storm related issue at the treatment plant.

lol you can still hear me in this video & it was still 24°C, not for long.

170km/hr 40ft+ wall of sea spray coming up Otago Harbour about to wipe it so many historic trees in Dunedin.

Apocalyptic. #Oct23Storm #Dunedin #NZ

Good catch Grant - I was wondering why it was not as windy as forecast here #Oct23Storm

Beautiful big trees coming down all around Dunedin. 😥😥
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Stepped outside for a breath of fresh air. Still breezy in the trees.
#Oct23storm #Ōtautahi #Christchurch

Resilience mode on.

#Oct23storm #V2L

Trees falling in high winds in Dunedin Video shared by a reader showed trees falling on Highcliff Rd.

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LIVE: Strong winds hit Christchurch, Banks Peninsula Find the latest information on the red wind warning for Christchurch and Banks Peninsula here.

Akaroa and Redwood Libraries are closed today Thursday 23 October, other weather-related changes including the cancellation of JP services at Shirley and Spreydon. my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/library... ^DR
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#Ōtautahi #Christchurch #Oct23Storm

One angry mother fucking cloud - shelf cloud of a storm front with a wall of sea spray at the bottom coming to me sheltering in the bush shelter at 170km , absolute scenes

moments later an absolute hurricane of rain & sea spray lashed us

This is what a 170km wind & 40foot wall of sea spray looks like coming to you!

If that ain't an angry cloud, I don't know what is.

(George Costanza - the seas were angry that day my friend).

#Oct23Storm #Dunedin #Muāupoko #OtagoPeninsula #NZ

If there's one thing I'd ask after today, it's join a Union and get out and vote @nzgreenparty.bsky.social in 2026

We need strong representation in the workforce and to fight climate change✊🏼
#oct23strike
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Watch: ‘My weekend has just been toasted’ - Southland dairy farmer faces big clean up “Like all farmers we will batten down the hatches and do what needs done. Definitely worse places affected than me.”

FAFO
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Otago Peninsula cut off! Portobello Road at Challis is blocked by a fallen tree, & Castlewood Road (top road) is blocked by a fallen tree too #Oct23Storm #Dunedin NZ

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Broken branches falling into the Water of the Leith

The front of the storm is hitting Ōtepoti Dunedin. I an hear a bunch of emergency sirens. #Oct23Storm

(picture from Otago campus)

Weather live: Power outages, flights cancelled as gales hit Wellington, Wairarapa, and South Island Tens of thousands are without power, the West Coast is cut off by floods, flights have been cancelled and residents are watching debris fly down streets.

From the RNZ live blog www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... the West Coast has a Coastal wave warning until 1am Friday #Oct23Storm

Well that wind arrived quickly!! Was sitting about 5m from where a massive branch just came down off a tree!
(Inside and safe now)

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And the lone one in Southern Marlborough just north of Kaikoura is really a kite surfer who is now at 15,000 feet. #Oct23Storm

For Ōtepoti Dunedin I have been told power is out in at least part of North East Valley #Oct23Storm

State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura officially closed, power lines on the ground, not that people should be out and driving anyway. #Oct23Storm

Nor'wester in the cemetery William A Sutton - Nor'wester in the cemetery

Thinking about this artwork today and everyone down south. A friend lives in Canterbury and they’re being battered by the weather as we speak.

Stay safe out there #Oct23Storm

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#oct23storm hearing thunder overhead in Christchurch. Not overly windy. Has been raining on and off

From the RNZ live blog on #Oct23Storm Clutha/Southland just gone to red warning

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Picture taken from RNZ showing a high sided truck lying on its side on the road. Company branding shows it is owned by Coolpak.

I'm sorry, but which part of "don't drive high sided trucks" does Coolpak not understand?

Major health and safety issue. They should be prosecuted for endangering their driver and other road users, as well as causing an unnecessary FENZ callout.
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Looks like Culverden and Hanmer have been taking a pounding. There are some astonishing images on Facebook (go to Canterbury Weather Updates). Stay safe out there…

Lull in wind here. Hope it continues

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A touch more “buffety” than before. #oct23storm

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Here comes the rain! (Barrington Street)
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