A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
East Cape residents will get partial access to Ōpōtiki, after State Highway 35 was closed by multiple slips in the Motu Bluffs area.
The biggest slip has occurred in the same location that brought logs and debris cascading down the hillside across the highway in front of a carload of
fishermen returning to Auckland some weeks ago.
Heavy rain over the past week has brought down the slips along the section of SH35 between Hawai and Omaio.
The highway is closed to traffic other than residents.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says resident access through the work site will be made available from 8am-9am, 12pm to 1pm and from 5.30pm-6.30pm daily until full reopening is possible.
