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Aug 2024
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Around the motu: Jimmy Ellingham in Palm...

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As rain hits the lower North Island so far it's spared the Tararua District, but Jimmy says that wasn't the case a week ago when heavy rains in the region meant rivers ran high and surrounding land was under water, while slips blocked roads.  
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