{"id":14848,"date":"2025-09-01T05:11:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=14848"},"modified":"2025-09-01T05:11:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:11:59","slug":"trees-down-power-outages-as-strong-winds-rip-through-auckland-northland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=14848","title":{"rendered":"Trees down, power outages as strong winds rip through Auckland, Northland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire and Emergency responded to 110 weather-related incidents between 5pm and 8pm on Sunday, with 76 of those in Auckland.<\/p>\n<p>FENZ Northern Manager Josh Pennefather said 24 callouts were in Waikato, three in Northland, and three in the Bay of Plenty.<\/p>\n<p>In Auckland, he said a tree fell onto a house in Onehunga, and a trampoline flew onto a neighbour&#8217;s roof in Papakura.<\/p>\n<p>Trees had hit powerlines in several areas across the city and a trampoline also fell onto powerlines in Onewhereo.<\/p>\n<p>MetService has issued an orange strong-wind warning for Auckland, Great Barrier Island and Coromandel Peninsula from 3pm through to midnight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--vQqGIOe---\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1756603065\/4K1T5QG_Gzoz_aTW8AArMLj_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"Traffic backed up on the Auckland Harbour Bridge after it was closed on 31 August, 2025.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"663\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Traffic backed up on the Auckland Harbour Bridge after it was closed on 31 August, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0NZTA \/ Waka Kotahi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MetService said on Sunday morning it had detected more than 2700 lightning strikes since midnight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><\/div>\n<p>The forecaster said it had also already recorded gusts of 100km\/h in parts of Northland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--UcQR4Rer--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1744860878\/4K8SU2B_Image_6_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"Auckland Harbour Bridge on a rainy day. Weather generic.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Auckland Harbour Bridge on a rainy day. Weather generic.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0MARIKA KHABAZI \/ RNZ<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Auckland Transport delays<\/h3>\n<p>Auckland Transport earlier asked people to plan ahead, saying bus services across the Harbour Bridge were likely to be disrupted.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said buses could be delayed, cancelled or detoured throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>Ferries across the harbour may also be impacted.<\/p>\n<h3>Cornwall Park already closed<\/h3>\n<p>The managers of Cornwall Park have already announced the park will close from 1pm, saying there could be unseen hazards if extreme winds ripped through the Auckland region.<\/p>\n<p>Park officials said the safety of staff and the public was their highest priority.<\/p>\n<p>All facilities within the park will be closed, including the toilets, the Huia Lodge Discovery Hub, Acacia Cottage and eateries.<\/p>\n<h3>Damage to trees, powerlines, tramps<\/h3>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--iljTFFcx--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1748555529\/4K6LN93_Hamilton_trampoline_powerlines_16x10_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A trampoline hit the powerlines on Grandview Road.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">A trampoline hit the powerlines on Grandview Road, Hamilton in May.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MetService also warned that the high winds could cause damage to trees, powerlines and unsecured structures.<\/p>\n<p>The lead meteorologist Alain Baillie said winds were expected to gust up to 120km\/h and conditions could be hazardous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can expect trees to come down, obviously powerlines are at risk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;ve got unsecure things like trampolines they are likely to be transported somewhere that you do not want them to be transported to, so fix them down as best you can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said there was also a risk to vehicles &#8211; especially those that were high-sided &#8211; and motorcycles.<\/p>\n<h3>Significant snow for the south<\/h3>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--RZlQM4f7--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1754715828\/4K2XLXS_Media_8_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"Snow in Tekapo on 9 August, 2025.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Snow in Tekapo on 9 August, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Road snowfall warnings were in place for several South Island roads, as snowfall is forecast above 600m-800m.<\/p>\n<p>MetService issued warnings for the Crown Range Road, and the Lewis, Lindis and Porters Passes through to Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Between one and four centimetres of snow was expected to accumulate.<\/p>\n<p>A warning remained in place for Milford Road until Monday afternoon. An additional 10 to 20 centimetres of snow was expected to accumulate on higher parts of the road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire and Emergency responded to 110 weather-related incidents between 5pm and 8pm on Sunday, with 76 of those in Auckland. FENZ Northern Manager Josh Pennefather said 24 callouts were in Waikato, three in Northland, and three in the Bay of Plenty. In Auckland, he said a tree fell onto a house in Onehunga, and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14849,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14850,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14848\/revisions\/14850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}