8 Jul 2025

Heavy rain watch issued for part of already flood-damaged Tasman district

10:23 am on 8 July 2025
MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for the Tasman district north-west of Motueka from 1pm on Wednesday 8 July 2025 until 3am on Thursday.

MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for the Tasman district north-west of Motueka from 1pm on Wednesday until 3am on Thursday. Photo: Screenshot / MetService

MetService has issued a heavy rain watch for the Tasman district north-west of Motueka.

The watch covers the period from 1pm on Wednesday until 3am on Thursday.

MetService said there was a moderate chance of the watch being upgraded to a warning, and more significant heavy rain was expected on Friday.

The region is recovering from widespread flooding that wrecked homes and farmland. Since the flooding, 15 homes have been yellow stickered and one has been red stickered. They were in the Motueka Valley, Tapawera and Wai-iti.

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