Several townships on both sides of the Coromandel Peninsula - all popular holiday destinations for Easter Weekend - were cut off by road as ex-cyclone Tam moved down the North Island.
Meanwhile, thousands in Northland and Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne were still without power.
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