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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13 May: Police are still seeking a motorbike driver who allegedly failed to stop twice at yesterday's gang tangi in Gisborne

13 May: Police are seeking witnesses and camera footage for their homicide investigation into the death of a man in central Northland

12 May: Enquiries are underway into a fatal crash involving an All Terrain Vehicle in Waikato's Karapiro

11 May: Extra police have been brought in to Gisborne for the tangi of a patched gang member today

10 May: The Central Pulse have made no contest of today's ANZ Premiership netball season opener, thrashing the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 57-44 in Palmerston North

10 May: Two people in critical and moderate condition, have been airlifted to Waikato Hospital, after an car accident in Omanawa

10 May: A patient advocate says Northland could be known as 'the doctor-less North', after a stroke patient was assessed by a U.S based doctor over telehealth

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