Forgotten Highway remains closed as tourism season approaches
(WorldNews New Zealand)

By Robin Martin of rnz.co.nz Businesses on the central North Island`s Forgotten Highway say they are desperate for the road to reopen ahead of the busy tourism season. State Highway 43 has been closed since October 15 after a slip came down at Tunnel Hill, 23km west of Taumarunui, in September and subsequent land movement caused the road to move further. A popular touring route, the Forgotten Highway links National Park to Taranaki via Taumarunui and Whangamomona before emerging at Stratford. Sheep and beef farmer Murray Craig walked across the slip site, which has cut his farm in two, to talk to RNZ. His shepherd Alex Gower saw the landslide. `As it happened he was going home and...