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Thousands of dead sea animals have washed up along the Wairarapa coast near Cape Palliser, with a marine biology expert attributing the deaths to the weekend's severe storm.

Stories are emerging of people in isolated parts of South Wairarapa heading into town on foot or even by quad bike with some roads still impassable after the weekend's storm.

MetService are watching weather models closely as the risk of a slow moving band of heavy rain for central parts of New Zealand, including Wairarapa, increases.

Carterton's event centre has been renamed Te Huinga Tāngata, Wairarapa Events Centre.

A South Wairarapa community is nervous as it braces for more heavy rain this week, with large parts of the region still saturated by last week's flooding.

Heavy rain overnight across South Wairarapa has seen rivers rise early on Tuesday, with already sodden ground getting a further soaking ahead of severe weather expected later.

Martinborough, Lake Ferry, Cape Palliser and large parts of South Wairarapa were cut off early on Wednesday morning as three key bridges closed

South Wairarapa residents are waking up to a second day of road closures and raging rivers after torrential rain overnight again closed key bridges.

Long-standing Greytown residents, Ed and Juliet Cooke, were awarded the King's Service Medal (KSM) for services to music this year, but almost 60 years ago they embarked on an epic adventure.

As parts of Wairarapa woke up on Monday to frost and the coldest morning this year, farmers are counting the cost after two weeks of heavy rain and flooding.