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• Precautionary Local State of Emergency Declared for Bay of Plenty

  MetService say the area can expect a further 180 to 240mm of rain on top of what has already accumulated, with peak rates of 25 to 40mm/h from this evening.

• Heavy Rain Warning Issued Urging Caution from Civil Defence and Police

  MetService has issued an orange heavy rain warning from 1:00pm Wednesday until 9:00am Thursday.

• Significant Slip Damage Could See State Highway 2, at Waioeka Gorge, Closed for Several Weeks

  Heavy rain caused up to 40 slips along the road between Matawai and Opotiki, forcing it to close.

• One Person Has Died Following a Crash on Tahuna Road, Whakatāne

  Emergency services responded to a single vehicle crash around 3:40pm on Saturday.

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Good News

• Apanui Saltmarsh Care Group Clean-up Leaves the Whakatāne Riverbank Rubbish Free Once Again

  On the second Saturday of each month, the Apanui Salt Marsh care group and volunteers come together to tidy up the Whakatāne Riverbank.  

• Athletes, Amputees, and Disabled People Are Encouraged to Compete in Born to Adapt, in Rotorua's Redwood Forest

  The event features varying track lengths to encourage people of all abilities to participate, says Matthew Bryson, event organiser and Edgecumbe local.

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Crime

• Police Are Appealing For Information About The Circumstances of a Crash in Tikitere Last Week

  Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 30 around 4:20am, Thursday 15 January.

• Hundreds of Green-lipped Mussels Have Been Poached From a Closed Area in Ōhiwa Harbour This Summer

  Fisheries New Zealand's Gisborne/Whakatāne district manager, Jordan Cooper, says offenders will be prosecuted.

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