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      Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    A safe and successful evacuation after more than 40 people became trapped between slips on State Highway 2

    A safe and successful evacuation after more than 40 people became trapped between slips on State Highway 2


    The road between Matawai and Opotiki will stay closed this weekend, after extensive rainfall caused landslips and surface flooding.

    Those trapped where removed by helicopter during yesterday's police rescue operation at Waioeka Gorge.

    Gisborne District Council Mayor Rehette Stoltz ,says two council workers were among those safely evacuated late yesterday afternoon.

    She says she's stoked everyone's safe and sound.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Accident and Emergency News
     17 Jan: A number of black - do not swim - flags have been issued for Auckland beaches
     16 Jan: Police are launching a rescue operation to remove people stuck in between land slips on Waioeka Gorge on State Highway two
     16 Jan: One person's been critically injured after a firearms incident in Auckland's Onehunga
     16 Jan: Police still haven't spoken to three victims fighting for their lives in hospital - after a shooting at a Waitarere Beach home this week
     16 Jan: Two people are dead after a serious crash on Te Rapa Road in Hamilton overnight
     16 Jan: One person has died and three others are injured after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 6 near Winton, Southland
     15 Jan: Thunderstorms are continuing to move through the North Island bringing heavy rain
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