There's no such thing as an easy road repair job in Northland, but they don't get much bigger or more complicated than State Highway 1 south of Kaitaia, known as the Mangamuka Gorge.
In August 2022 torrential rain unleashed a series of massive slips that destroyed a 13-kilometre-long stretch of the road.
And as Peter de Graaf reports, one year on, the road is being rebuilt, almost from scratch.
