Traffic & Crashes

Car on fire on SH29, Kaimai range

Emergency services are responding to the scene of a vehicle on fire on State Highway 29 on the Kaimai Range. Police received a report of a vehicle engine... Read More

Pausing the parking proposal

Tauranga City Council have taken community feedback on board and deferred several planned parking initiatives in the city, as well as delaying the roll-out of... Read More

Existing inside the roadworks

The lights for the Christmas Trail should be going up on the shop front. But there's no point. It won't happen this year. Business should be building... Read More

Roadwork plans for the next few weeks

With only one month until Christmas, the summer renewals programme is steaming ahead with bells on. Great progress is being made across the region, and... Read More

Cameron Road/Fifteenth Avenue night works closure

The Cameron Road/ Fifteenth Avenue intersection will be closed to traffic at nights from 6pm Sunday, November 26 to 6am Thursday, November 30 for work to resurface... Read More

Police monitoring gang funeral procession

Update, 1pm: Police are continuing to monitor the movements of gang members travelling south towards Foxton ahead of funeral proceedings for William Hines. This... Read More

Crash at Tauriko SH29 roundabout

Emergency services are responding to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 29 near the Tauriko roundabout. "Police were advised of a crash at... Read More

Vehicle crash at Mount Maunganui

Emergency services are responding to the scene of a crash at Mount Maunganui. "[There are] reports of a two-vehicle crash on Hewletts Road near Aerodrome... Read More

Two injured following crash on Lower Kaimai range

Update, 5pm: State Highway 29 is reported to be blocked following a crash involving three vehicles. Police responded to reports of a crash between a vehicle... Read More

BOP resident making his own pothole repairs

In a region with more road cones than people, drivers are mystified why potholes keep reappearing on Bay of Plenty roads soon after they are fixed, with some... Read More

Roadworks: Gun-related threats almost double

Gun-related threats against state highway roadworkers have more than doubled in 2023, according to Waka Kotahi. In some cases, security guards have had to... Read More

Tauranga makes it onto "stupid" roads list

New Zealand has its fair share of confusing roads. If we're being honest, many of them are not only difficult to navigate but quite frankly stupid. Kiwis... Read More