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There's been a small glimmer of positivity in Mount Maunganui with part of the cordon near Mauao relaxed, allowing about a dozen businesses to reopen six days after the deadly landslide.
But just a few hundred metres around the corner, the recovery effort to find those buried continues - and that continues to weigh heavily on locals' hearts.
By 7am on Wednesday, a table of 20 had already parked up at Side Track cafe on Marine Parade which has now reopened to pedestrians.
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