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Te Araroa Park’s Long Road to Recovery | Auckland News
Seven months after catastrophic floods tore through Te Araroa, cleanup efforts are still in brutal gear—halfway there at best. Nina McClutchie, manager of the devastated Te Araroa Holiday Park, recounts being trapped for hours by floodwaters that left a silt line at calf height on her bedroom wall. With accommodations condemned or under repair and her food caravan still closed due to hygiene concerns, tourist numbers have plummeted. Locals like Nina and Steve Lamb are now doing the heavy lifting themselves, rebuilding floodbanks and clearing debris while blaming sluggish government support…
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