Taupo - SH1 closed following roadside bushfire - Bay of
Plenty
Police are assisting Fire and Emergency New Zealand with cordons at a roadside bushfire on State Highway 1.
State Highway 1 will be closed north of Waitahanui, about 15km south of Taupo.
Diversions will be in place.
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