Traffic & Crashes

One dead after serious crash on SH33

One person has died following a crash on State Highway 33 near Okere Falls this morning. The road is currently closed and cordons are in place on SH33 and Allport... Read More

SH33 blocked after vehicle accident

State Highway 33 is currently blocked after a motor vehicle accident. Police received reports of a crash involving two cars at around 7.10am near Okere Falls.... Read More

BOP police send reminder to commercial drivers

Bay of Plenty Police are reminding drivers of heavy motor vehicles to make sure their vehicles are safe, and that they are safe, as the end of the year approaches. Acting... Read More

Debate regarding SH2 ongoing

Bay of Plenty MP Todd Muller has traded more blows with the Minister of Transport Phil Twyford over the campaign to fix the controversial stretch of State... Read More

Branch punctures windscreen, injuring driver

A man was left bleeding in a ditch after a log came flying through a windscreen on a highway outside Tauranga. Images of the close call that unfolded on the... Read More

Katikati bypass at least 10 years away

Not today, not tomorrow and not even next week. Not next month or even next year. In fact the Katikati bypass, which townsfolk believed could be started as early... Read More

One seriously injured in Whakatane crash

One person has been taken to hospital in a serious condition following a crash between a motorcyclist and a pedestrian in Whakatane. A police media spokesperson... Read More

Crash reported on State Highway 29

UPDATED: Police say there are no reports of anyone being seriously injured following a two car crash on State Highway 29. Police are attending a two-car crash... Read More

Tokoroa family mourn loss of son killed in crash

Tokoroa is mourning the loss of a young man killed in a crash less than 20 minutes drive from the township. Kingi-Jo Wiremu Vartiainen Veens, 18, died when the... Read More

Tauranga parking getting worse by the minute

Parking in and around Tauranga CBD seems to be getting worse by the day. The average time that people start work has changed and people are no longer working... Read More

New underpass for Bayfair to Baypark link project

NZTA have announced that the Baypark to Bayfair link project will now include a separated pedestrian and cycle underpass at the Bayfair roundabout. The current... Read More

Fiery fatal crash: ’No way anyone could survive’

Police are investigating a fiery crash which left one person dead. Emergency services were called around 2.30am on Tuesday after a car and a heavy truck crashed... Read More