Rotorua Daily Post Year in Review: January 2020
26 Dec, 2020 12:36 AM
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Firefighters battle flames from a bushfire in Western Australia. Photo / File
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The Rotorua Daily Post is looking back at the stories of 2020. Here s what made headlines in January.
January 2
The year started with a bang for Tui Rd residents after an out-of-control party on New Year s Eve in Rotorua saw three people taken to hospital, four cars smashed and the road left littered with broken bottles and empty cans.
Angry residents were left cleaning up the mess after the party saw more than 100 people turn up, ending with fights and cars being badly damaged.
The upgraded Pacific Highway: faster, safer, but oh-so-much duller
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and villages between Hexham near Newcastle and the Queensland border. Now, like some
Christmas miracle, the highway’s seemingly never-ending $15 billion upgrade is officially
done and will be marked by a ceremony on Thursday. Motorists can take joy in the fact 2.5 hours have been shaved from the journey and that the four-lane divided highway has resulted in a 70 per cent reduction in fatal crashes.
Traffic snarls were commonplace on the Pacific Highway near the border with Queensland.