Traffic & Crashes

Two-vehicle crash on SH29, Lower Kaimai

Emergency services are responding to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 29. Police received a report of a vehicle collision at around 3.40pm. The... Read More

Tolerance & understanding calls around road works

Contractors are continuing to progess with road works along Cameron Road in Tauranga, and are calling for patience as the work to complete them. A Tauranga City... Read More

SH27 reopens following truck fire

Update, 12.10pm: State Highway 27 in Matamata has now reopened. Following an earlier truck fire south of Matamata, near Taihoa South Rd, diversions have now been... Read More

Intoxication & fights: 12 arrested at Whangamatā

Police are disappointed with behaviour including intoxication and fighting at a number of incidents that took place following an event in Whangamatā over the... Read More

Te Puke Highway lane closure for two weeks

The southbound lane of Te Puke Highway will be closed from Monday, November 28 between Poplar Lane and Welcome Bay Road, to carry out road repairs and resealing. Works... Read More

Vehicle crashes in Pāpāmoa and Paengaroa

Emergency services are responding to the scene of a vehicle crash in Pāpāmoa. Police received a report of a collision involving a motorcycle and a truck on... Read More

One person in critical condition following crash

Emergency services are attending to a serious vehicle crash in Ōpōtiki. One person is in a critical condition after the single vehicle crash on Waiotahe Valley... Read More

Govt road safety plan fails on all but one target

The government's strategy to reduce road deaths and injuries failed to meet all but one of its targets, with breath testing and reducing speed limits lagging... Read More

Lower speeds near schools on the way

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is now consulting on its draft Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan. This document proposes speed-related safety improvements... Read More

Tauranga police car crashes into power pole

No injuries have been reported after a police car crashed into a power pole in Tauranga. The crash happened following a routine traffic stop on Fraser Street. A... Read More

Bay Link: Temporary closure of Truman Lane

A temporary but significant change for Truman Lane traffic will be put in place early December to enable the next stage of road reconstruction in the area. Overnight... Read More

Teens‘ car pulled from Tauranga‘s harbour

A car is being pulled out of the Tauranga Harbour on Chapel Street this afternoon, after what a pair of 19-year-olds say 'was an accident” in the early hours... Read More