Aotea flood recovery progress Aotea flood recovery progress
Aotea, Great Barrier Island
Extreme weather events in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland caused damage to roads in 2023.
For monthly progress statistics covering all Central, Aotea and Gulf Islands flood repair works, see the Central Auckland tab.
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Completed slip repair sites
The following is a list of recently completed slip sites on Aotea, Great Barrier Island. Our thanks go to everyone in these communities for your patience and understanding as we made necessary repairs and restored safe connections.
- Aotea Road, Awana (3 of 3 sites)
- Blind Bay Road, Okupu (2 sites)
- Cape Barrier Road, Tryphena (2 sites)
- Medland Road, Medlands Beach
- Motairehe Road, Motairehe
- Puriri Bay Road, Tryphena (9 of 9 sites)
- Shoal Bay Road, Tryphena (1 of 2 sites)
- Whangaparapara Road, Whangaparapara (3 sites)
Shoal Bay Road, Tryphena
Road status:
open, single lane
26 June 2025
We expect to complete the very last of the slip repairs on Great Barrier Island by 30 June 2025.
6 June 2025
Slip repair work on Shoal Bay Road started on 26 May 2025. We expect it to take about one month to complete. We will put in rock revetment protection here. The work involves rock placement to restore and strengthen the slope.
9 May 2025
Slip repairs are expected to begin once work on Aotea Road is completed. This should be around June 2025.
18 December 2024
One slip site is left to be repaired. We expect to complete repairs in 2025.
1 August 2024
There are 2 slip sites here. We are currently designing slip repairs.