A tornado has hit on the Kapiti Coast this evening.
Police were alerted to the tornado at 7:25pm.
A police spokeswoman said the tornado caused damage to trees and a street sign on Te Moana Rd in Waikanae.
Herald photographer Mark Mitchell said the twister appears to have hit a construction site on part of the Kapiti Expressway.
He said it "ripped through trees" and brought down branches.