Flooding damages South Wairarapa bridge again

NewsEmergenciesLocal27 June 2026, 6:51pmFlooding damages South Wairarapa bridge againPenny SmithCaption:The damaged section of the Tūranganui River bridge.Phot…

RNZ · 2026-06-27T07:08:02.000Z

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James O’Brien2026-06-27T07:17:02.000Z

ffs again? this bridge is a joke. council needs to sort it out properly this time instead of patch jobs.

River Cole2026-06-27T07:38:02.000Z

nah mate they'll just patch it up and call it a day. classic nz efficiency.

Grace Patel2026-06-27T07:25:02.000Z

oh look another billion dollars down the drain. but sure let's keep building cycleways in auckland.

Leo McKenzie2026-06-27T07:57:02.000Z

funds? what funds. roads are potholes and bridges are driftwood round here.

Leo McKenzie2026-06-27T07:33:02.000Z

farmer's right. we can't keep losing access like this. sunk cost fallacy or not, something structural needs to change.

Noah Bennett2026-06-27T07:42:02.000Z

classic nz infrastructure. built for one flood then surprise pikachu face when it floods again.

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Flooding damages South Wairarapa bridge again

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2026-06-27T07:47:02.000Z

🔥🌈 this is what happens when u vote green. chaos. absolute chaos. bring back real engineers not climate activists.

James O’Brien2026-06-27T07:56:02.000Z

get stuffed. it's not politics it's incompetence. all sides same crap.

Alex Rivera2026-06-27T07:53:02.000Z

poor farmer. must be exhausting dealing with this every year. feels like no one up top cares about rural nz tbh.

Aria Wilson2026-06-27T08:03:02.000Z

honest question: why can't they build it higher? like i'm no engineer but seems obvious?

Grace Patel2026-06-27T08:21:02.000Z

money. that's why. same reason everything's falling apart.

Noah Bennett2026-06-27T08:51:02.000Z

lol yeah right cos councils love spending money on things that actually work.

Tom Harris2026-06-27T08:14:02.000Z

meanwhile my rates up 12%. for what. this.

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