Welcome Bay Road closed after a slip. Photo: Justine Murray
Cars are being turned away on Welcome Bay Road in Tauranga where two people are still unaccounted for after a major slip.
RNZ producer Justine Murray said about eight cars were in front of her with a sign saying the road was closed.
"It's a no-go zone for cars," she said.
"[The slip] was about a kilometre away."
Murray said the area was winding and hilly, with the worst of the slip unable to be seen from the cordon.
Elsewhere, residents were going about their business and the sun had come out.
"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.
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