Drivers heading over the Kaimai Range, State Highway 29 between Karapiro and Tauranga this Matariki weekend are being offered free AMI Roadside Rescue between 5pm Thursday, June 19 until 6am Monday, June 23.

Any driver, not just AMI customers, who needs assistance following a breakdown on the popular State Highway 29 route between Tauranga South and Karapiro during this time period can call for help.

To request AMI Roadside Rescue, people need to call the AMI Roadside Rescue number (0800 800 802) and provide their location and vehicle information. 

This promotion will be complemented by an AMI Driver Reviver rest-stop at the Hinuera Rugby Club off SH29 near Matamata on Friday June 20 between 11am - 3pm. Here people can take an important break from their long journey, have a rest, a free bite to eat and a cuppa as well as participate in some fun activities with the AMI team onsite. 

This is all in celebration of AMI’s announcement that they have made AMI Roadside Rescue free for all comprehensive car insurance customers. 

No limit on callouts

AMI executive general manager Dean MacGregor said there will be no limit on callouts, for you, your car (or whoever is driving yours) and no extra form-filling - just great value car insurance with a side of AMI Roadside Rescue.

"Starting this week, AMI is setting a new service standard for customers by including free, nationwide AMI Roadside Rescue in its AMI Comprehensive Car insurance policies," said MacGregor.

The new service will be available for all new Comprehensive Car insurance customers at sign-up or activated automatically for existing customers at their policy renewal.

“As a leading insurer, we want to be there for New Zealanders in their time of need," MacGregor said.

“We are committed to making things easy for our customers - whether that’s deploying our AMI HomeHub teams to assist immediately following a natural hazard event, getting vehicles repaired, serviced and back out on the road sooner through our AMI MotorHubs, for a jump start, a tow after a breakdown, or to make a quick tyre change via our nationwide AMI Roadside Rescue network - we are dedicated to being there to get our customers back on their feet as quickly as possible.

“Our customers tell us they’re not interested in loads of form filling, extra ‘membership fees’ and discounts for services they’re never going to use. They just want access to fast, exceptional roadside rescue, where and when they need it.”

AMI Roadside ‘Rescue Road’ keeping an eye on holiday highway traffic

To celebrate this announcement, AMI Roadside Rescue will be operating New Zealand’s first ‘AMI Rescue Road’ for drivers travelling popular holiday highways this Matariki long weekend. This means that AMI Roadside Rescue will provide free roadside services for all drivers, (regardless of whether they are an AMI customer or not) who may require help during the journey along a popular stretch of the holiday highway. 

AMI Driver Reviver roadside rest-stops encourage drivers to take a break when travelling long distances. Run by AMI’s community risk team, these are held in partnership with local district councils, Fire and Emergency New Zealand, New Zealand Police, Hato Hone St John and other community organisations.