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Slip left this enormous cliff at top of hillside, below which a small lake was formed. Acres of country near this point were riven by deep crevasses.

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Broken road here disappears below tons of earth. Over whole quartermile only a few short sections of road, looking like crazy pavement, were to be found after slip came down.

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Looking down from Gisborne end of slip into the Waimata, on morning after. Huge accumulation of earth travelled right across river here, forming a dam. River backed up and flooded flats in distance, but weight of water soon cut new channel.

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Approximately 2500 tons of spoil came down on the main north highway at Makarori as a result of the heavy rains, and is here being cleared by draglines.

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At the Waimata slip, P. and T. workmen had an arduous task restoring lines in the devastated area.

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Mr. D. Sargent and his new Studebaker taxi. Mr. Sargent had a narrow escape when in the dark he drove on to the affected portion of Riverside Road as it was slipping downhill. He had to back hurriedly uphill to safety on a section of road, he had just climbed in. forward gear.

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Trouble also developed in Gisborne city when this section of the Esplanade began moving into the Waimata River.