Transport

PM in Coromandel pledges support but no detail on road fixes

17:33 pm on 9 March 2023

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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been in the Coromandel region today, to see the destruction of a wet summer with two cyclones hitting the area.

He's promised support to businesses desperately needing help to stay afloat, with isolation being their reality for a while yet.

The critical road - State Highway 25A - which crosses the peninsula to Tairua - is expected to take at least a year to rebuild.

But Chris Hipkins made no promises on what will happen.

Checkpoint reporter Louise Ternouth and cameraman Nick Monro are in the Coromandel.