07:30am Wed 17 Dec, 2025
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is rolling out a fresh wave of traffic management measures this summer to keep holiday traffic moving smoothly across the Bay... Read More
06:00pm Tue 16 Dec, 2025
New speed limits will be introduced in Karangahake and Waihī after a recent speed review was undertaken by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi. Three short sections... Read More
10:00am Mon 15 Dec, 2025
A man who died after a crash near Paeroa had bought an engagement ring and was set to propose to his partner. Tony Fox, 34, originally from Te Aroha, was... Read More
02:18pm Fri 12 Dec, 2025
Four people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, following a crash on State Highway 29. At 1.20pm emergency services received reports of... Read More
02:13pm Thu 11 Dec, 2025
The Pekatahi Bridge on State Highway 2 in the Eastern Bay of Plenty is set to be replaced at a cost of about $64 million. Transport Minister Chris Bishop... Read More
11:45am Mon 08 Dec, 2025
Nightly road closures will disrupt traffic on State Highway 29 this week. Between 8pm and 3.30am each night, the road will be closed between the SH29/24 and... Read More
10:58am Mon 08 Dec, 2025
Traffic is backed up on State Highway 2, between Bayfair and Pāpāmoa. A reader said there is a crash on SH2, down from Sandhurst Dr. 'The southbound... Read More
08:20am Sun 07 Dec, 2025
Emergency services are responding to a vehicle crash in Te Puna, Western Bay of Plenty. 'At around 7.30am emergency services received reports of a single... Read More
03:00pm Sat 06 Dec, 2025
A section of Cambridge Rd in Tauranga will be closed for close to a month next year. The northbound lane on Cambridge Rd, from the SH29 intersection to 579... Read More
05:30pm Fri 05 Dec, 2025
There are 'significant” delays on State Highway 36, near Oropi Gorge Rd, due to a truck breakdown. NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said one lane of... Read More
08:05am Fri 05 Dec, 2025
Police have named the person who died in an Eastern Bay of Plenty crash this week. She was Ngahina Takarangi, 44, of Whakatāne. Another person was seriously... Read More
07:00pm Thu 04 Dec, 2025
A Rotorua man accused of causing a crash that killed four people and injured two others is to defend the charges at a judge-alone trial in March. Dante Te... Read More