Northland s Mangamuka Gorge set to reopen by Christmas after two-year closure nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The four-year repair job to fully fix State Highway 1 over Mangamuka Gorge in the Far North has been so extensive and complex that an extra $60 million to.
A year on from the storm that destroyed a section of SH1 the original 26 slips have grown to 38, making completing the repair on time "more and more challenging".
By Peter de Graaf of RNZ . Ongoing heavy rain events and fresh slips are expected to delay the re-opening of a storm-damaged section of State Highway 1 until.