The Rhythm & Vines crew will be working through the night to get the main stage ready for 25,000 festival goers after a truck carrying important audio equipment rolled off the road this morning.
Organisers said the equipment appeared to have survived the plunge into the Waioeka Gorge, about 50km north of the festival site at Waiohika Estate in Gisborne, which happened about 8.30am.
Inspector Chris Robinson, of the police northern communications centre, said the truck had been hoisted onto the road by crane and the equipment was unloaded onto another truck while it was still upside down.
The truck driver was unhurt and though traffic was reduced to one lane, there were no traffic issues as a result of the incident, he said
Festival spokeswoman Sara Cairney said the equipment was for the main Rhythm Stage, which was to host artists including Kimbra and Mark Ronson - the headline act for New Year's Eve.