Traffic & Crashes

Local feels road collapse could have been avoided

The recent collapse of State Highway 35 could have been prevented if action was taken sooner. This is according to a regular user who drives the route to... Read More

Desert Road to close for urgent surfacing works

State Highway 1 will close between Rangipo and Waiouru later this week. The Desert Road closure is to allow the completion of surfacing works to resolve a number... Read More

Cambridge Road open following crash

UPDATE 7.04PM: Cambridge Road is now open. The road was closed earlier following a crash near the intersection of State Highway 29. Emergency services were called... Read More

Gorge closure for slip remedial work

State Highway 2, from the northern entry to the Waioeka Gorge through to Matawai, will be closed on Wednesday. The highway will be closed from 7am to 4pm to complete... Read More

Police investigating fatal crash

A person has died following a crash in the Bay of Plenty. Emergency services were called to the crash on Lake Road, Rotorua, at 6.45am on Wednesday, July 27. A... Read More

Road to Zero Monitoring Report 2021 released

The Road to Zero Annual Monitoring Report 2021 has been jointly released by Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport, Waka Kotahi and NZ Police. The Annual Monitoring... Read More

State highway network access now restored

Clean-up and reinstatement works are continuing across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty region, as well as further afield, following recent extreme weather events. 'Contractors... Read More

SH25 reopens following truck crash

Update: 4.05PM: State Highway 25 has now reopened following an earlier truck crash near the roundabout with State Highway 2. The crash happened at 10.10am trapping... Read More

Man dies following Welcome Bay crash

One person has died following a crash in Welcome Bay last week. Just before 8pm on July 23 Tauranga Police attended a serious car crash involving one vehicle... Read More

Traffic: Truck cleared from Hewletts Road

UPDATE 6.28pm: The traffic congestion, following the truck that broke down on Hewletts Road between the Bridge Marina and Tasman Quay, has been cleared. "Traffic... Read More

SH25 between Coromandel and Te Rerenga reopens

State Highway 25 between Coromandel and Te Rerenga has reopened following a large slip earlier this week. NZTA Waka Kotahi advise continuing to drive through... Read More

Emergency SH2 works delayed to Wednesday

The emergency road works initially planned for State Highway 2, between Gisborne and Ōpōtiki, is being postponed until Wednesday, August 3. This is the second... Read More