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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Students cut off from school as East Cape roads remain closed
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:06:14
	Publish Date:		2026-01-26 03:44:00
	Description:		Dozens of students on the East Cape are cut off from their Hicks Bay kura after extreme weather's closed vital roads in the area. Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Kawakawa mai Tawhiti is due to open tomorrow, but various road closures along State Highway 35 have cut off some communities. School tumuaki principal Campbell Dewes home is cut off and he can't reach the school by road. His whanau aren't the only ones isolated and he is working on a plan for the kura. Campbell Dewes spoke to Lisa Owen.
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