Traffic & Crashes

'Infuriated' police issue drink-driving warning

Drinking and driving is dangerous and can have disastrous consequences, police say after an "infuriating" weekend in the Western Bay of Plenty. In a statement... Read More

Hawkes' Bay drivers: beware of severe weather

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is advising caution on the roads around parts of Hawke's Bay this evening, Monday, August 12, as a severe thunderstorm watch... Read More

Traffic delays while SH2 vandalism is repaired

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is advising motorists that a shoulder closure and 30 km/h speed limit will be put in place between 9am and 4pm on Tuesday, August... Read More

Car fire blocking road on Kaimai Range

Emergency services are at the scene of a vehicle fire on the Kaimai Range. "Police were notified of a vehicle on fire on SH29 near Hanga Road, around 3.11pm,"... Read More

Two injured following vehicle crash near Matamata

Update, 12.35pm: Waharoa Road East, Matamata is blocked following a two-car crash. "It happened about 1.40pm near the intersection with Pohlen Road," says... Read More

Waikato and BOP state highway works for August

The year is flying by, and this means the upcoming maintenance season will be upon us before we know it - officially starting in October, but with significant... Read More

Coroner: Man killed after running into traffic

A man killed in June after he ran into oncoming traffic on the Waikato Expressway moments after crashing an SUV he'd allegedly stolen at knifepoint - and... Read More

Fatal crash: Tauranga highway open

A Tauranga highway is open this morning following a fatal crash overnight. Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on Takitimu Drive, near... Read More

Fatal crash in Tauranga

Update, 9pm: Police can confirm one person has died following a crash on Takitimu Drive, Tauranga. "Police were notified of the two-vehicle crash at about... Read More

Do you know how to give way in an emergency?

What do you do if you see or hear emergency services rushing up behind you as they head to a scene? If you are driving down the road and you see or hear... Read More

Works progressing on Piarere intersection

Contractors are continuing to make good progress building the new two-lane roundabout at the intersection of State Highways 1 and 29 in Piarere. In an updated... Read More

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