Traffic & Crashes

Four in hospital after crash blocks SH29

Four people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, following a crash on State Highway 29. At 1.20pm emergency services received reports of... Read More

SH2 to get new $64m+ bridge, Bishop announces

The Pekatahi Bridge on State Highway 2 in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is set to be replaced at a cost of about $64 million. Transport Minister Chris Bishop... Read More

Kaimai Range SH29 shut overnight this week

Nightly road closures will disrupt traffic on State Highway 29 this week. Between 8pm and 3.30am each night, the road will be closed between the SH29/24 and... Read More

Crash brings traffic to a halt on SH2

Traffic is backed up on State Highway 2, between Bayfair and Pāpāmoa. A reader said there is a crash on SH2, down from Sandhurst Dr. 'The southbound... Read More

Car hits power pole in Te Puna

Emergency services are responding to a vehicle crash in Te Puna, Western Bay of Plenty. 'At around 7.30am emergency services received reports of a single... Read More

Tauriko SH29 Cambridge Road upgrade

A section of Cambridge Rd in Tauranga will be closed for close to a month next year. The northbound lane on Cambridge Rd, from the SH29 intersection to 579... Read More

Truck breakdown causes significant delays on SH36

There are 'significant” delays on State Highway 36, near Oropi Gorge Rd, due to a truck breakdown. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said one lane of... Read More

Whakatāne crash victim named, witnesses sought

Police have named the person who died in an Eastern Bay of Plenty crash this week. She was Ngahina Takarangi, 44, of Whakatāne. Another person was seriously... Read More

Defendant in Rotorua drugged driving causing death

A Rotorua man accused of causing a crash that killed four people and injured two others is to defend the charges at a judge-alone trial in March. Dante Te... Read More

Detours: Bethlehem drivers face 15–22min delays

A section of Cambridge Rd in Tauranga will be closed for close to a month next year. The northbound lane on Cambridge Rd, from the SH29 intersection to 579... Read More

Power outage: Tauranga crash leaves road blocked

Powerlines are reported to be down after a crash in Welcome Bay, Tauranga. A reader has sent in a photo of the lines down on Welcome Bay Rd, between Ranginui... Read More

One dead, one injured in BoP river crash

One person has died after a car crashed into a river in the Bay of Plenty. Emergency services were called to White Pine Bush Rd near Tāneatua about 6.05pm... Read More