Traffic & Crashes

Students drive rail safety message in new video

Bay of Plenty students have come together to raise awareness about how to stay safe on the region's 86 railway level crossings, by always expecting the unexpected... Read More

A section of SH2 to close for four nights

Twelve concrete beams are to be lifted into place to form the connection across the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road this month. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi... Read More

Stolen car halted by police spikes near Te Puke

Two people are in police custody after road spikes were deployed to stop an alleged stolen vehicle. Police received reports of a stolen vehicle driving dangerously... Read More

One moderately injured following crash

Emergency services were called to a crash on Te Puke Quarry Road, Pāpāmoa, around 3.30pm involving one vehicle, police said. Hato Hone St John also attended... Read More

Bay of Plenty and Waikato highway works for August

The busy intersection of State Highway 5 and State Highway 28 Harwoods Road, east of Tīrau, will be made safer with the construction of a three-leg roundabout,... Read More

SH5 reopens following truck fire

Update, 5.20pm: State Highway 5, south of Rotorua has reopened after it was closed due to a vehicle fire earlier this afternoon. The highway was closed between... Read More

Crash on Hewletts Rd causes traffic delays

Police are advising motorists to take care around a crash on Hewletts Road and to expect delays. A spokeswoman said police received a report of a two-vehicle... Read More

Ātiamuri fatal crash victim named

Police have named the woman who died following a crash at Ātiamuri, southwest of Rotorua. She was Joni Tuhakaraina, 53, from Tokoroa. Emergency services... Read More

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with school bus

Update, 5.30pm: A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a school bus in the rural Bay of Plenty community of Ruatoki, south of Whakatāne. Police said... Read More

Milk truck rollover closes section of SH2

A section of State Highway 2 in the Bay of Plenty is closed after a milk truck rolled late last night. The truck rolled between Matatā and Edgecumbe about... Read More

Taupō fatal crash victim remembered by family

A 10-year-old boy who died in a crash near Taupō has been remembered as being 'full of life” with dreams of joining the navy like his koro. Jax Tauroa-Wall... Read More

Fatal crashes prompt Tauranga police plea

Five people have died on Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty roads this year, prompting a plea by the district's road policing manager for people to remember... Read More