Photo: Supplied / Byron Glover

Food and fuel are being dropped by helicopter into upper North Island communities left isolated following recent storms.

Slips have shut roads and cut off parts of eastern Bay of Plenty and Tai Rāwhiti, disrupting the flow of goods and transport.

The Waioweka Gorge was shut on 16 January after heavy rain caused about 40 slips.

Photo: Supplied

Rural Support Trusts across Northl

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