08/08/2026
The Raetihi Holiday Park have a Laundromat and offer showers $5.00 per person.
UPDATE SUN 9 AUG - 11.30AM
Ohakune residents are asked to continue to conserve water
Current estimates are that water supplies will not be restored until late tomorrow afternoon around 5pm
Water may start to flow before then but it will not be potable
As a precaution boil any tap water until further notice
Emergency water and toilets are available at locations across Ohakune.
WATER COLLECTION POINTS
Water Tanker at Council office on Ayr St
⦁ Thames Street – opposite the Powderhorn
⦁ Goldfinch Street / Shannon Street
⦁ Ruapehu District Council Office – 38 Ayr Street
⦁ Rear carpark of the Ōhakune i-SITE
⦁ Clyde Street carpark – opposite the restaurants
⦁ Moore Street – outside TOP 10 Holiday Park
Please keep empty 5L bottles and refill from the water tanker
EMERGENCY PORT-A-LOO LOCATIONS
Thames Street – opposite the Powderhorn
⦁ Goldfinch Street / Shannon Street
⦁ Ruapehu District Council Office – 38 Ayr Street
⦁ Rear carpark of the Ōhakune i-SITE
Please continue to conserve water and only take what you reasonably require so supplies remain available to those who need them.
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UPDATE SUN 9 AUG - 9AM
Ohakune residents and visitors are asked to continue conserving water. Reservoir levels remain low. Continued conservation is essential while the water supply system stabilises and reservoir storage progressively recovers.
🚫 Please do not flush household toilets. Port-a-loos are being installed around the township for public use.
DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES
Potable water is available from a tanker outside the Council office on Ayr Street. Please bring your own containers.
Five-litre bottles of drinking water have also been distributed around the township at:
• Central Ohakune
• The Tavern area
• TOP 10 Holiday Park
• Peaks Motor Lodge
• Kings Hotel
• Powderkeg
• Turoa Village
PORT-A-LOOS
Port-a-loos are being set up at:
Port-a-loos are being set up at:
1. The reserve opposite the Powderkeg
2. Shannon St and Mangawhero Terrace
3. The reserve opposite the Council office on Ayr Street
4. Next to the i-SITE
5. By the Carrot Park Public Toilets
6. Next to Railway Station
7. Next to existing Public Toilets in Ohakune
Please use these facilities and avoid flushing your toilet at home.
Thank you for continuing to conserve water while the reservoir recovers.
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💧 OHAKUNE CONSERVE WATER NOTICE – PLEASE CONSERVE WATER NOW 💧
Sat 8 Aug - 6pm: Ohakune residents and visitors are asked to make every effort to conserve water.
Damage from the recent earthquake caused a major break in the buried raw water pipeline supplying the Water Treatment Plant.
Because the damaged pipe was underground, the break took time to become apparent and was difficult to repair.
Repairs are now complete. However, with large numbers of people in town, the water reservoir has dropped to just 12%.
The treatment plant is struggling to rebuild reservoir levels while meeting current demand, creating a risk that Ohakune could run out of water.
Please reduce all non-essential water use immediately.
🚰 EMERGENCY DRINKING WATER
A water tanker is located outside Council’s Ohakune office on Ayr Street. Please bring your own containers.
Council is also arranging for 5-litre bottles of drinking water to be available shortly from the same location.
Thank you for helping conserve Ohakune’s water supply.
