Traffic & Crashes

SH29A lanes open following crash

12.30pm Update: State Highway 29A is now clear following a crash involving two cars. The crash occurred at the intersection between SH 2 Sandhurst Dr to SH29A... Read More

One dies following serious crash near Lichfield

One person has died following a crash on SH 1, Lichfield on Saturday afternoon. Emergency services were alerted to the two vehicle crash near Ngutuwera Stream... Read More

Crash in Katikati and on Hewletts Road

A vehicle has crashed on Hewletts Road, Tauranga. Police received a report of a single-vehicle collision at the intersection of Hewletts Road and Jean Batten... Read More

Protest motorcade annoys Tauranga residents

Update 6pm: A convoy of cars, vans and motorcyles took to the main route through Tauranga today in the latest stage of polarising protests against Covid-19 restrictions. Carbon... Read More

Traffic delays expected across Tauranga

Motorists have been warned to expect delays on Saturday afternoon as anti-lockdown activists gear up to block roads across Tauranga in the latest stage of polarising... Read More

Police name pedestrians killed in Taupō crash

Police have released the name of the two people who died following a crash in Taupō. Abigail Vizenti, aged 87 and Arno Vizenti, aged 92, both of Taupō, died... Read More

Truck rolls in Greerton

UPDATE 2.55pm: The roundabout at Chadwick Road and Cameron Road in Greerton has been cleared after a truck rolled at the intersection this afternoon. Tauranga... Read More

Residents anger at Links Ave cul-de-sac trial

A group of Mount Maunganui residents are frustrated at a lack of consultation regarding controversial plans to trial a cul-de-sac on Links Avenue. The... Read More

Pedestrian suffers serious injuries in SH2 crash

A person has been airlifted to Tauranga Hospital in a serious condition after a motor vehicle incident in Eastern Bay of Plenty. A pedestrian was reportedly hit... Read More

Lane closures on Girven Road next week

A small section of Girven Road between the Gloucester Road intersection and the Bayfair roundabout will be reduced to one lane in each direction for three days... Read More

New track in time for summer in Tairua

People who walk and cycle can look forward to a safe summer in Tairua, following the opening of a new footbridge across Graham's Stream at the northern end of... Read More

One critically injured in Ōmokoroa crash

UPDATE 1.18PM: Police are at the scene of a serious crash in Ōmokoroa. A motorbike and car have crashed on Ōmokoroa Road, forcing emergency services to closed... Read More