In Tairawhiti, State Highway 35 is closed again, isolating communities up the East Coast. Just to the north of Gisborne, more than 700 people were evacuated from Te Karaka overnight and a state of emergency declared as the Waipaoa River surged past danger levels. Ben Strang gets the latest from Gisborne mayor Rehette Stoltz.
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