Traffic & Crashes

SH36 near Ngongotaha reopens following crash

Update, 5.25pm: Ngongotaha Road/ SH36 has reopened following a crash involving a car and a pedestrian around 1.50pm on Saturday. One person has been transported... Read More

SH3, Ōtorohanga, closed following crash

Emergency services are responding to a crash in the Waikato region. State Highway 3 near Ōtorohanga is closed between Cherry Road and Kio Kio Station Road... Read More

'Don't jeoparadise your safety' - NZ Police

Road users are urged not to jeopardise their own safety or other road users as people prepare to head away for the long weekend. Right throughout Aotearoa,... Read More

Down to the wire on SH2

After yet another meeting earlier this week to stop median barriers that will restrict access to their homes, residents of Work Rd and Lund Rd wait with bated... Read More

Truck rolls, multiple cars damaged on SH29A

A truck has rolled and multiple cars are damaged in a crash near Hairini. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says a truck has rolled just off SH29A... Read More

Winter roadworks all about potholes and flooding

Waka Kotahi NZTA says its maintenance teams are focusing on 'reactive activities” over the winter months, although work will continue on some infrastructure... Read More

Waikato crash: Investigation to take months

Police have completed the soul-shattering job of notifying loved ones of the five people who died in Tuesday night's horrific crash in Waikato. The outcome... Read More

Police enquire about vehicle in fence in Waitao

Police are making enquiries into a vehicle in a fence in Waitao. A police spokesperson says a person reported a vehicle stuck in a fence at the intersection... Read More

Serious consequence for 'idiotic' display of speed

A teenager faces a serious driving charge and has lost his car after the vehicle was caught at an 'absolutely stupid” speed. Highway Patrol Constable... Read More

Child safety: driveway dangers and road rules

'There's no going back. Once it's happened, it ruins families, it ruins lives,” says Safekids Aotearoa director Mareta Hunt. Recently, the Bay of Plenty... Read More

Five dead after car crosses centre line

Police say they know how a head-on two vehicle crash that left five people dead in Waikato on Tuesday afternoon happened but are still investigating why. Two... Read More

Te Pāti Māori protest plans for Thursday

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has slammed plans for a day of disruption launched by Te Pāti Māori as 'illegal”. Te Pāti Māori is urging all Māori... Read More