Traffic & Crashes

Witnesses rush to help pinned forklift driver

Witnesses have described desperate attempts to lift a rolled forklift pinning its driver's leg to a residential Mount Maunganui street as he screamed for... Read More

SH36 closed: Slip repair works underway

State Highway 36, between Tauranga and Rotorua, will be fully closed during the day for the next two weeks between Mangorewa Gorge and Hamurana. After heavy... Read More

Motorist describes narrowly avoiding head-on crash

A motorist who narrowly avoided a head-on collision on the Waikato Expressway with a wrong-way driver says she is now paranoid about driving. Tegan Van... Read More

Car drives onto railway tracks, gets hit by train

Train drivers can be heard yelling "Jesus! Jesus!" as their locomotive barrels towards a car that drives onto railway tracks. The scene was part of a video... Read More

SH 36 closures for road construction

Due to road repairs on Tauranga Direct Road between Pyes pa Road and Hamurana, a road closure will be in place from Mon 5 Aug to Fri 16 Aug, from 8am to 4pm... Read More

Rolled forklift, person taken to hospital

UPDATED: One person is in Tauranga Hospital after a forklift rolled in Mount Maunganui. Fire crews lifted a forklift to free a person after it rolled earlier... Read More

Person arrested after driving wrong way on road

A person has been arrested after driving on the wrong side of the Waikato Expressway (SH1), causing a three-vehicle crash then pulling an about-turn and... Read More

Temporary speed limits on SH29

Temporary speed limits are being planned for a section of State Highway 29 this week. According to an NZ Transport Waka Kotahi alert, street light maintenance... Read More

One dies following Waikato crash

One person has died following a crash in the Waikato region on Saturday afternoon. Emergency services responded to a serious crash on Morrinsville-Tahuna... Read More

Death of digger driver in Kaingaroa Forest

A Bay of Plenty forestry company today expects to resume operations suspended since a digger driver died when his machine became submerged on Wednesday. WorkSafe... Read More

"Abysmal" SH29 under significant scrutiny

A Kaimai resident who describes State Highway 29 as "abysmal" is taking his frustrations to Members of Parliament and Western Bay of Plenty councillors following... Read More

Tokoroa FENZ crews called to well-involved blaze

When Piri Kautai arrived at his Tokoroa home after a trip to the shops on Wednesday morning he found the house in flames. 'The fire people were putting it... Read More