Traffic & Crashes

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

SH36 closed: Slip repair works underway

State Highway 36, between Tauranga and Rotorua, will be fully closed during the day for the next two weeks between Mangorewa Gorge and Hamurana. After heavy... Read More

Motorist describes narrowly avoiding head-on crash

A motorist who narrowly avoided a head-on collision on the Waikato Expressway with a wrong-way driver says she is now paranoid about driving. Tegan Van... Read More

Car drives onto railway tracks, gets hit by train

Train drivers can be heard yelling "Jesus! Jesus!" as their locomotive barrels towards a car that drives onto railway tracks. The scene was part of a video... Read More

SH 36 closures for road construction

Due to road repairs on Tauranga Direct Road between Pyes pa Road and Hamurana, a road closure will be in place from Mon 5 Aug to Fri 16 Aug, from 8am to 4pm... Read More

Rolled forklift, person taken to hospital

UPDATED: One person is in Tauranga Hospital after a forklift rolled in Mount Maunganui. Fire crews lifted a forklift to free a person after it rolled earlier... Read More

Person arrested after driving wrong way on road

A person has been arrested after driving on the wrong side of the Waikato Expressway (SH1), causing a three-vehicle crash then pulling an about-turn and... Read More

Temporary speed limits on SH29

Temporary speed limits are being planned for a section of State Highway 29 this week. According to an NZ Transport Waka Kotahi alert, street light maintenance... Read More