A major highway on the Central Plateau is closed by a slip after heavy rain deluged weather-battered central regions overnight.
This morning State Highway 4 between Raetihi and Whanganui is impassable after a slip came down across the road.
It's not known how long it will take to clear the debris but motorists are having to use longer alternate routes to reach Whanganui.
The latest blockage comes only days after travel throughout the North Island ground to a halt as snowstorms swept across central and southern parts of the country.