Flooding and slips have closed some state highways this morning.
A large slip is blocking SH2 in Matata to SH33 in Paengaroa about a kilometre west of Murphy's Motor Camp.
Contractors are on site and are confident the highway will reopen in a matter of hours.
Commentators on the Facebook page News Whakatane were quick to note it would slow holiday travelling, with one adding, "Don't think Gran is getting through".