State Highway Two South Of Wairoa Is Down To One Lane As Work Continues To Clear A Slip Where A Person Was Killed And Another Seriously Injured In A Crash On Sunday

State Highway Two south of Wairoa is down to one lane – as work continues to clear a slip where a person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash on Sunday. Another weekend of serious rain saw more than 200 mls of rain dumped on the East Coast around Gisborne-Wairoa … in areas just recovering from the last downpours. Dozens of roads in and around the Wairoa and Tai Rāwhiti Gisborne regions have been affected as the region mops up yet again after another bout of heavy rain. Access roads have been washed out, there have been massive slips on some back country, and fences have been destroyed again – after over 225 millimetres of rain fell in Gisborne over the weekend. Feds Toby Williams says cropping farmers have been hit particularly hard with only about half the maize and sweet corn have been planted this year … says what looked like a good season . has turned sour. He says after the weekend some farmers will have to plant their crop for the third time this season.