The Desert Rd has reopened after being closed overnight, but the Mt Ruapehu skifields remain shut due to high winds.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency said in an advisory at 9.40pm on Monday that State Highway 1 was closed between Rangipo and Waiouru, but that was lifted at 11.10am on Tuesday.
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MetService meteorologist Dan Corrigan said there had been heavy snow for much of the Central Plateau and its surrounding high country.
Snow was down to about 300-400m, he said, with heavy accumulations above that.