Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
A real time drive by Landcruiser and drone along the Southern Summit Road from The Sign of the Kiwi to Gebbies Pass, 0800 Tuesday 4th August, 2026.
Snow is fall to low levels across parts of the South Island as a polar blast gripped the country.
Police asked people in Dunedin to avoid travelling unless absolutely necessary due to snow fall and icy roads.
SH87 was closed from Outram to Middlemarch.
Road snowfall warnings were in place for Remutaka Hill Rd (State Highway 2), Lewis and Porters Passes and the Crown Range Rd.
MetService issued a road snowfall warning for Napier-Taupō Rd (SH5). The warning was in place from noon until 11pm tonight, with MetService advising that snow showers could fall to as low as 200m by the evening.
All primary and intermediate schools and DKA Dunedin Kindergartens between Mosgiel, Port Chalmers and Waikouaiti were closed for the day. East Otago High School in Palmerston is also closed.
Wind conditions also disrupted Cook Strait crossings, with four Interislander sailings between Wellington and Picton cancelled.
Christchurch's Southern Summit Road was "closed" at the Sign of the Kiwi end but oddly enough over at the Gebbies Pass end there was absolutely nothing ......
A real time drive by Landcruiser and drone along the Southern Summit Road from The Sign of the Kiwi to Gebbies Pass, 0800 Tuesday 4th August, 2026.
Snow is fall to low levels across parts of the South Island as a polar blast gripped the country.
Police asked people in Dunedin to avoid travelling unless absolutely necessary due to snow fall and icy roads.
SH87 was closed from Outram to Middlemarch.
Road snowfall warnings were in place for Remutaka Hill Rd (State Highway 2), Lewis and Porters Passes and the Crown Range Rd.
MetService issued a road snowfall warning for Napier-Taupō Rd (SH5). The warning was in place from noon until 11pm tonight, with MetService advising that snow showers could fall to as low as 200m by the evening.
All primary and intermediate schools and DKA Dunedin Kindergartens between Mosgiel, Port Chalmers and Waikouaiti were closed for the day. East Otago High School in Palmerston is also closed.
Wind conditions also disrupted Cook Strait crossings, with four Interislander sailings between Wellington and Picton cancelled.
Christchurch's Southern Summit Road was "closed" at the Sign of the Kiwi end but oddly enough over at the Gebbies Pass end there was absolutely nothing ......
