Traffic & Crashes

Car hits parked cars in Otumoetai

Update, 8.49am: Otumoetai Road has reopened again following an earlier crash. A crash occurred when a car hit parked cars on Otumoetai Road at about 7.15am on... Read More

Community asked to share views on Tauriko West

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency and Tauranga City Council are seeking peoples' views on the next phase of the Tauriko for Tomorrow project to shape the community... Read More

Police seek dash-cam footage to serious crash

Police investigating a serious crash are seeking dashcam footage from the public. The single-car crash happened on Tauranga Road, near Matamata, at 7,15am on... Read More

Tauranga Road: Serious crash near Matamata

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on Tauranga Road, near Matamata. A car is reported to have rolled on the highway, near Rockford Street. A... Read More

Vehicle crashes into house in Arataki

A vehicle has crashed into a house in Arataki, Emergency services were called to the crash on Grenada Street just before 1.30pm. A photographer at the scene... Read More

Driver trapped in Welcome Bay crash

Emergency services are working to free the driver trapped in a vehicle in Welcome Bay. A police spokesperson says a car has driven over a bank on Welcome Bay... Read More

Two crashes reported around Tauranga

Reports are coming in of two separate crashes in Tauranga. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says two vehicles have crashed at the intersection of Waihi... Read More

Temporary waiver of Tauranga Eastern Link tolls

Tolls will be temporarily waived on the Tauranga Eastern Link to help ease rush hour congestion near Te Puke Highway. Te Puke Highway, near Pah Road, will be... Read More

Tattoo artist dies in motorbike accident

The female motorcyclist who died in a road accident at the weekend was a business owner and mother of two from Ōtorohanga. Sonia Arena Monistrol crashed her... Read More

Innovative answers sought to transport challenges

Waka Kotahi Transport Agency is launching a new innovation fund, Hoe ki angitū, and wants to hear from innovators with solutions to some of the problems facing... Read More

Name of motorcyclist from fatal crash released

Police can now name the woman who died following a crash on State Highway 2, Pongakawa, on Saturday. "She was Sonia Arena Monistrol, 46, of Otorohanga," says... Read More

Two-vehicle crash on Fraser Street

There has been a vehicle crash in Tauranga South. Police were notified of a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Fraser St and Seventeenth Ave at 3.18pm.... Read More