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Tolaga Bay Civil Defence is cooking breakfast for the evacuees who have spent the night at the Area School's gymnasium.
State Highway 35 is still closed on Sunday, after heavy flooding in the Tai RΔwhiti region overnight.
The 30 remaining evacuees at Tolaga Bay Area School are a mix of travellers who were caught out when the road closed, and campers evacuated from the Tolaga Bay Holiday Park.
Εͺawa deputy civil defence officer Nori Parata told RNZ the rain had been torrential.
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