UPDATED 5 pm

• The women who was thrown from her second story bedroom during the tornado and landed on a small shed at her house, has been named as Tina Johnson. The update on her condition is good news! While she suffered a broken arm, cuts, bruises, and underwent surgery yesterday, with more surgeries expected her recovery so far has been good. Thank you to her neighbours and emergency assistance for helping her. No details as yet on the man who was also hurt and taken to hospital. Our prayers and healing energy to him and Tina for their full recovery.
• At least nine homes have been yellow stickered with Civil Defence expecting that number to rise.

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Update from Northpower at 4.30pm

As the team have been working to restore power today, we have discovered there is much more damage than we were aware of. Amongst other unexpected damage, a new transformer is required, and two additional poles have been cracked and require replacement. Overall, 14 poles have been repaired or replaced over the last two days.

This additional work means we will not be able to restore power at the times advised earlier today, apologies to those affected.

The new estimated restoration times are:

Moir St / Leslie Place area: Restoration by 10.30pm

Old Waipu Road: We will have all but 30 customers restored by midnight tonight.

The remaining 30 customers in Old Waipu Road will be without power overnight due to the need to replace the transformer that feeds these connections. We will advise an estimate on restoration when we know more.

Electricians will be on site testing the electrical safety of each building. If there is damage to your property or your service line, these properties will not be able to be re-livened until electrical repairs have made it is safe to do so. We will work with you if this is the case at your property.

Northpower would like to extend a huge thank you to the community for the support given to our team working in the area, there have been staff working long hours and the support and patience shown by the community is much appreciated.

A reminder to please treat all lines and equipment as live at all times, please call us on 0800 10 40 40 if you do find a line on the ground you think we may be unaware of.

Up to date information on outages and estimated restoration times can be found on our website www.northpower.nz

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The Mangawhai Golf Club team have opened their doors to the public and are offering hot showers, free wifi and refreshments until 7pm tonight for anyone without power (bring your own towel and toiletries).

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UPDATES Kaipara District Council

UPDATED 10am

• Crews are still working to clear trees along the side of Molesworth Drive. If you can, we recommend using Cove Road to travel between the Village and the Heads while we are working along Molesworth. Be aware of hazards on the road and travel safely.
• Cordon remains in place at Old Waipu Road, where Northpower are continuing to do work. Rapid response teams are door knocking on this street today.
• Affected residents are encouraged to get in contact with their insurance providers. Council will be removing green waste from the tornado and items from berms in the most affected areas this week.
• The Mangawhai council office is open until 6pm and available for anyone wanting assistance or you can call 0800 727 059 / 09 439 7059.

UPDATE Monday 27 January 8.35am from Kaipara District Council

Kaipara Civil Defence Emergency Management continues to respond to the impacts of the Mangawhai tornado. 

The cordon at Moir Street was lifted overnight, after Northpower restored services to most properties on the street. A cordon remains in place at Old Waipu Road, where Northpower crew continue to replace poles. Approximately 81 properties on Old WaipuRoad remain without power, where more than twenty poles were toppled. 

Kaipara Civil Defence Emergency Management Local Controller John Burt reiterated that movement needed to stay restricted to allow Northpower to do their work as quickly as possible.  

“People’s safety is our first priority. We understand that people want to clean up and get back to normal life as quickly as possible, but until work is completed we need to treat all wires as live and allow Northpower to secure the area. The teams are working as hard as they can, and we expect to be able to move the cordon back to Kahu Drive late morning, with the cordon removed completely before the end of the day.”  

The response to the tornado has been a multi-agency approach, involving Fire and Emergency New Zealand, Police, Northpower and other lifeline utilities. Since yesterday afternoon efforts have been led by Kaipara Civil Defence Emergency Management, made up of trained council staff and Civil Defence Emergency Management professionals. 

Rapid Response Teams including first responders and Civil Defence Emergency Management staff are going door to door this morning on Old Waipu Road, conducting welfare checks and supporting residents with anything they need. 

Council building inspectors carried out building assessments yesterday. To date, approximately 17 houses and buildings have been white stickered, and nine yellow. This number is expected to rise once assessments have been completed along Moir Street and side streets. 

Affected residents are encouraged to get in contact with their insurance providers in the first instance. 

Council will be removing tornado damaged green waste and items from berms in the most affected areas this week. 

The Mangawhai council office at Unit 6, The Hub is open until 6pm today and available for anyone wanting more information or welfare assistance. Alternatively people can call the council on 0800 727 059 / 09 439 7059.