Marooned Pair Lifted From Flooded Marae; Rescues Highlight of Flood Drama

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ISOLATED and feared missing for three days, an elderly man and his grandson were yesterday lifted by helicopter from a flooded marae in the Waitotara Valley.

Fears for the safety of 75-year-old Sonny Kauika-Stevens and 11- year-old Courteney Curry became the focus of a day-long search as a helicopter team called door to door on more than 30 properties in the devastated valley.

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Marooned Pair Lifted From Flooded Marae; Rescues Highlight of Flood Drama

"We could hear the helicopter flying over the valley, but there wasn't much we could do, only sit around," Mr Kauika-Stevens said.

Power and phone links to the Takirau Marae were broken not long a...

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