Businesses taking a hit as wild weather closes roads to Martinborough

Checkpoint · Jul 9, 2026 · 3m

It's rinse and repeat in South Wairarapa with back-to-back storms dumping huge amounts of rain, flooding rivers, and closing roads across the district in recent days. The heavy rain yesterday and overnight has seen the main routes into holiday hotspot Martinborough shut for the second time in 24 hours. Mary Argue reports