The Bay of Plenty highway closed last night between Te Poi and Tauriko because of a landslip following heavy rain.

NZTA has confirmed the stretch of road can now be used, but at a reduced speed of 50 kilometres and hour.

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30 Jun: A 17-year-old missing for almost a week in Auckland - after moving from Waikato, has been found safe and well

29 Jun: A Waikato Police officer's triggered an audit of the use of the police database, after making over a thousand checks of a person while off-duty.

29 Jun: Waikato children are benefiting from an intiative providing free dental surgery

28 Jun: A person's died on the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Tokoroa's Lomond Avenue

28 Jun: Police are appealing for information after a dog walker was sexually assaulted, in Waikato's Tokoroa yesterday night

26 Jun: A second person has been arrested in relation to a toddler's death in Northland's Kaikohe

26 Jun: Rotorua Police have charged a second person over a motorbike hit-and-run almost two weeks ago, that killed 24-year-old Paige Johnson

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