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\nWelcome Bay Road closed after a slip.
\nPhoto: Justine Murray\n<\/p>\n
Cars are being turned away on Welcome Bay Road in Tauranga where two people are still unaccounted for after a major slip.<\/p>\n
RNZ producer Justine Murray said about eight cars were in front of her with a sign saying the road was closed.<\/p>\n
“It’s a no-go zone for cars,” she said.<\/p>\n
“[The slip] was about a kilometre away.”<\/p>\n
Murray said the area was winding and hilly, with the worst of the slip unable to be seen from the cordon.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, residents were going about their business and the sun had come out.<\/p>\n
“You would not think a major slip has happened, the sun’s come out at the moment and people are going about their normal day,” she said.<\/p>\n