15 Dec 2017

Live cross as State Highway One reopens

From Afternoons, 1:18 pm on 15 December 2017
The seawall along a section of State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura.

The seawall along a section of State Highway 1 north of Kaikōura. Photo: RNZ / Logan Church

State Highway One north of Kaikoura was about to open, but there had been a delay.

It's a moment that's been a year in the making for a number of towns and cities throughout the South Island after it's main transport corridor was closed because of the devastating Kaikoura earthquake.

Jesse talks to reporter Logan Church as the road opens and cars start driving north.

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