Wellington slip 'massively bigger' overnight, gorge closed until later in the weekKevin Stent/Stuff A large slip overnight in Wellington will close a main route for much of the next weekThe crumbling of yet another Wellington hillside over the weekend is expected to cause a headache for commuters heading into the city from Khandallah and Ngaio. The slip that came down across the Ngaio Gorge Rd in the small hours of Saturday morning had become "massively bigger" by Sunday, Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said. * How did the Ngauranga Gorge slip happen? Instead, "sophisticated monitoring machines" would be left on the slip overnight to see if it was still moving. KEVIN STENT Ngaio Gorge road in Wellington is completely blocked off after a slip that began early on Saturday morning became much worse on Saturday night.

Source: Stuff July 29, 2017 22:44 UTC