keen to visit and assess them<\/a>, but at this stage we must ask for your patience – only fulltime residents will be allowed through.\u201d<\/p>\nCouper said while the clean-up on the northeast coast continues, the rest of Whang\u0101rei district is now accessible and welcoming visitors for a busy long weekend, with Auckland and Northland Anniversary day on Monday.<\/p>\n
Couper said the Helena Bay hill slip is \u201csignificant\u201d and will require a complex geotechnical assessment before clearance can begin.<\/p>\n
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Whang\u0101rei Mayor Ken Couper visited \u014cakura after flooding on Sunday but is now urging all non-residents to stay away. Photo \/ WDC<\/p>\n
Rapid building assessments in the storm-affected area continue, with officials expected in the area around midday Friday.<\/p>\n
Whang\u0101rei District Council roading contractors are clearing fallen trees and slips, assessing fragile sites and restoring access where it is safe to do so.<\/p>\n
The council is warning the saturated ground may cause further slips and wind can take trees down more easily than usual.<\/p>\n
People should also not collect shellfish for at least 28 days and not swim until water testing shows it is safe.<\/p>\n
A state of emergency remains in place across Whang\u0101rei.<\/p>\n
Denise Piper is a news reporter<\/a> for the Northern Advocate, focusing on health and business. She has more than 20 years in journalism and is passionate about covering stories that make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cA checkpoint at Kaiikanui Rd will be stopping traffic to enforce this,\u201d he said. Couper urged holiday home-owners…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[542,76467,5201,11586,57764,55471,78,296,10934,111,43,139,144161,1067,69,2847,384,10710,2069,8229,61,53923,3055,144160,1869],"class_list":["post-247022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-access","tag-akura","tag-closed","tag-coast","tag-couper","tag-fulltime","tag-in","tag-into","tag-mayor","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nonresidents","tag-northland","tag-nz","tag-only","tag-people","tag-resident","tag-stay","tag-they","tag-to","tag-unless","tag-urging","tag-weatherhit","tag-whangrei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}