Traffic & Crashes

Person dies after crash in Bay of Plenty

A person has died following a single-vehicle crash in the Bay of Plenty. A vehicle struck a streetlight on Te Ngae Road, Rotorua, shortly after 11pm on Saturday,... Read More

Car smashes into family centre at Arataki

A vehicle has smashed into an early childhood family centre at Arataki early on Sunday morning. The Waipu Kids St Mary's Family Centre building suffered damage... Read More

Car hits fence and garage at Paengaroa

A vehicle has crashed in Paengaroa, hitting a fence and garage. Police received a report of a vehicle crashing into a fence and garage near the intersection of... Read More

Getting Coromandel highways sealed for summer

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is looking to seal in a great summer for the Coromandel with chipseal repairs on State Highway 25 and State Highway 25A starting... Read More

Maungatapu mums warn of accident waiting to happen

Two Maungatapu mums have voiced their concerns about children's safety after numerous near misses at a pedestrian crossing. The crossing is close to the shops... Read More

Tauranga mum and child named as SH3 crash victims

A 32-year-old woman from Tauranga and her six-year-old son have been named as the victims of a crash in Kaitoke last month. Sarah Kay Moana and Teawa Amiri Thomson... Read More

Pockets of caustic soda likely after Kaimai spill

Six thousand litres of sodium hydroxide that spewed from a truck onto a major highway is likely to continue to spill into a nearby stream and experts unable to... Read More

Truck and ute crash on SH2

Additional delays are expected on State Highway 2, near Omokoroa, following a crash this morning. A witness to the crash says a truck and ute have crashed and... Read More

BOP carbon emission up more than four per cent

New data released by Statistics New Zealand shows that Bay of Plenty carbon emissions grew by 4.4 per cent in 2019. The report shows the rise in emissions in... Read More

Motorsport legend backs SH5 safety campaign

A successful road safety campaign on a notorious stretch of State Highway 5 has caught the attention of New Zealand race car driver Greg Murphy. The ‘Stay... Read More

Pedestrian hit by car is seriously injured

Update, 4.14pm: A pedestrian with serious injuries has been taken to Tauranga Hospital after being hit by a car on Takitimu Drive. Police were notified at... Read More

Vehicle crash on Station Road, Te Puke

There has been a vehicle crash in Te Puke. Police were notified just before 3.30pm of a crash on Station Road. Initial reports are that two cars have collided... Read More