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Visitors to DOC tracks and campsites in Coromandel this Auckland Anniversary Weekend are urged to use caution and reconsider their plans after recent extreme weather.
Conservation Week is on the move – for the first time in its 57-year history, it will be in April this year rather than the usual August/September slot.
Several DOC sites across Northland are closed after heavy rain, with more intense downpours, and resulting clean-ups, expected this week.
A weather system packing heavy rain has prompted DOC to close tracks to Coromandel’s Mautohe Cathedral Cove and urge visitors not go to the famous beach.