Traffic & Crashes
09:05am Wed 14 May, 2025
Traffic delays are being reported on two state highways in Tauranga and the Western Bay of Plenty. Emergency services are dealing with a two-vehicle crash... Read More
03:00pm Fri 09 May, 2025
Two new Tauriko West intersections have opened as part of the State Highway 29 Tauriko Enabling Works project. A new intersection in Tauriko Village opened... Read More
07:16am Fri 09 May, 2025
Emergency services are at the scene of a serious four-vehicle crash on State Highway 29. Police were called to the crash, near the Kaimai summit, at 6.40am.... Read More
05:30pm Wed 07 May, 2025
State Highway 29 in the Lower Kaimai range is now clear following an earlier crash. Police were alerted to the two-vehicle crash near Ōmanawa River Bridge... Read More
08:28am Wed 07 May, 2025
Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash in the Bay of Plenty at the beginning of the year. Paul Jukka Makela, 56, of Kawerau,... Read More
10:30am Tue 06 May, 2025
Traffic will be detoured on State Highway 29 along the Kaimai Range today due to emergency tree-felling works. A NZTA Waka Kotahi spokesperson said work was... Read More
10:10am Tue 06 May, 2025
Construction on the Takitimu North Link Stage 1 project is progressing after what NZTA is calling a golden construction season. 'With piling on the project... Read More
07:21am Tue 06 May, 2025
Emergency services are at a two-vehicle crash near Ōpōtiki in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Police said they were called about 5.40am to the crash at the intersection... Read More
05:03pm Mon 05 May, 2025
Emergency services are responding to a vehicle crash at Mount Maunganui. "Police received a report of a three-vehicle-crash on Hewletts Road at around 4.30pm,"... Read More
06:00pm Thu 01 May, 2025
Cars were diverting through a fuel station forecourt after a crash between a truck and a car, a motorist says. Three people were moderately injured in the... Read More
09:04am Wed 30 Apr, 2025
Motorists are being warned to prepare for anything on the roads after a car was damaged by a rockfall in the Karangahake Gorge. A video posted by Paeroa Towing... Read More
04:00pm Tue 29 Apr, 2025
Police need to urgently speak with a caller who made a driving complaint before a fatal crash near Mangakino last week. "The female caller was following a... Read More
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