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A person is seriously hurt and two others are unaccounted for after a landslide in Welcome Bay in Papamoa.
Meanwhile, Police say helicopters are being deployed to assist people trapped on roofs due to flooding in Te Araroa on the East Cape.
About 10,000 people were without power on Thursday morning, mostly in the Bay of Plenty, after a night of heavy rain.
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