It’s unfortunate but hardly surprising.
Around 10km of highway through Northland's Brynderwyn Hills has been closed since February for repair work.
It had been due to reopen in a couple of weeks, but a slip has put paid to that.
Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo told Mike Hosking that delays had to be expected.
He says around 40-thousand cubic metres of soil will now have to be moved, and it's currently moving as if it was sand.
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