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About 80 campers trapped at Whangaruru since Sunday have finally made it home after earlier having to walk to safety over a massive slip.
Jude Thompson, of the Whangaruru Residents and Ratepayers Association, said the campers were staying at the popular DOC Puriri Bay campsite when the deluge hit.
The torrential rain sent floodwaters pouring through the campground and triggered a 50-metre-wide slip across the only access road.
Thompson said many tent
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