SH25A connects one side of the Coromandel peninsula to the other and was closed after extensive cyclone damage. For 10 months communities were isolated and businesses struggled while repair work was completed on SH25A.

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Written by Annemarie Quill

Read by Sam Smith

Produced by Jen Black

Audio editing: Connor Scott

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