2 Feb 2023

Weather: Latest on devastated Coromandel highway

From Checkpoint, 5:46 pm on 2 February 2023

Officials have been checking out the newly formed abyss that runs through a key state highway in the Coromandel. A section of State Highway 25A has completely washed away, after cracks first emerged following bad weather in January. The road is the key link to towns like Whangamata, Pauanui, Tairua, Hot Water Beach and Hahei. There's now a massive gaping hole, the earth below is still moving.. and there's no timeline to fix it. Waka Kotahi's Cara Lauder talks to Lisa Owen.