A small sinkhole has opened up in central Wellington after a water main burst early today.
The northbound lane on Jervois Quay near Hunter Street has closed with flooding from incident, which happened about 6.15am, Inspector Dave Rose from central police communications said.
"It has undermined some of the footpath and road lane there.
"The council are on the scene and they're obviously going to have to do a little bit of work to isolate the pipe and reinstate the ground works."
The ASB building also suffered flooding, Mr Rose said.