Volunteers have been hard at work building a new safety rail at Blackrock designed to prevent motorists driving over the bank. Nono Rangi, head of the Ruaan Community Working Group, said a group of men have given up time over the past two Saturdays and the railing should be completed this weekend.

Funding for the project came from the Cook Foundation, a charitable trust set up by United Kingdom resident George Cook.

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