State highways re-opening this morning

The NZ Transport Agency advises that road crews have re-opened the following sections of state highway this morning:

• SH1 Taihape to Waiouru
• SH49 Waiouru to Ohakune
• SH2 Nuhaka To Gisborne
• SH2 Rimutaka Hill
• SH87 Outram To Middlemarch

Road surfaces in many places remain icy and caution is advised.

Current remaining weather-related state highway closures are:

• SH1 Waiouru to Rangipo
• SH35 Waipiro
• SH 85 Palmerston To Kyeburn