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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Oakura adjusting to new reality as main road blocked for months
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:24
	Publish Date:		2026-01-27 04:27:00
	Description:		In the Northland town of Oakura, locals are adjusting to a new reality - no proper road south to Whangarei for as long as the next three months. The road north reopened on Saturday but it is a long detour, and the emergency route south is narrow, steep and, frankly, frightening. Peter de Graaf reports from a town picking up the pieces after last week's storm.
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