Traffic & Crashes

Hundreds of protesters marching in Tauranga

2pm update: Hundreds of protesters are congregating on the Tauranga waterfront after marching from Memorial Park. Devonport Road was blocked as protesters marched... Read More

Road work plans for the next month

Road contractors continue to progress significant maintenance programmes across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty state highway network. Waka Kotahi NZ Transport... Read More

Police: Deaths on the road are not inevitable

Mistakes on the road are inevitable, but deaths and serious injuries aren't. That's the message behind a new campaign launched today aimed at building public... Read More

Fatal crash near Taupō

One person has died following a single-vehicle crash near Taupō. Emergency services were called to the crash on Western Bay Road, Waihaha, about 12.50pm on Wednesday. In... Read More

Bridge restrictions in place for SH35

A reduced weight restriction to heavy vehicle loading is in place on a bridge on State Highway 35. Routine structural inspection of the one-lane Raukokere River... Read More

SH29 reopens following logging truck crash

Update, 5pm: State Highway 29, on the Waikato side of the Kaimai Range, has reopened following an earlier crash involving two trucks. The logs that spilled out... Read More

Waihi Beach Road rehabilitation works underway

Rehabilitation and resurfacing of the stretch of Waihi Beach Road between Fisher and Trig roads is underway this week. 'The aim of rehabilitating this stretch... Read More

Tauranga visit: Wood announces employment project

The Government is launching a new employment initiative to get local people into work on transport projects being built across the country. This is the latest... Read More

Large vehicle crashes off State Highway 33

There has been a crash involving a large vehicle on State Highway 33. Shortly after 4pm, Police received a report of an incident involving a large vehicle that... Read More

A call for reducing speed on Eversham Road

A resident of Eversham Road in Mount Maunganui is calling for speed bumps to be installed following the late night collision of a vehicle into two parked cars. 'Council... Read More

Single vehicle crash on SH29, Lower Kaimai

There has been a crash on State Highway 29 in the Lower Kaimai range. Police received a report of a crash involving a single vehicle on SH29, Lower Kaimai, shortly... Read More

SH29 Kaimai Range roadworks rescheduled

Due to poor weather conditions, work that was due to start on the Kaimai Range's State Highway 29 on February 13, was postponed, and will now begin this Sunday,... Read More