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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Tai Rawhiti farms facing huge clean up and access problems
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:05:24
	Publish Date:		2026-01-30 04:14:00
	Description:		Some farms in Tai Rawhiti are facing huge clean up jobs and access problems following heavy rain and flooding last week. Mud and slips have cut off roads and communities higher up the coast near Hicks bay and Te Araroa. The Prime Minister has said reconnecting some of those communities could take up to six months with significant damage to State Highwway 35 and SH2. North west of Gisborne some farms near Te Karaka have had river crossing washed out. Federated Farmers Gisborne president Charlie Reynolds spoke to Lisa Owen.
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