Kaitaia was cut off from the outside world on Thursday morning with a slip on SH1 at Mangamuka Gorge and flooding across SH10 just north of the Whangaroa Bridge. The floodwaters dropped quickly after high tide at 9am; here water is still flowing across the highway but traffic is able to get through.
Flooding on SH10
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