Traffic & Crashes

Down to the wire on SH2

After yet another meeting earlier this week to stop median barriers that will restrict access to their homes, residents of Work Rd and Lund Rd wait with bated... Read More

Truck rolls, multiple cars damaged on SH29A

A truck has rolled and multiple cars are damaged in a crash near Hairini. A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says a truck has rolled just off SH29A... Read More

Winter roadworks all about potholes and flooding

Waka Kotahi NZTA says its maintenance teams are focusing on 'reactive activities” over the winter months, although work will continue on some infrastructure... Read More

Waikato crash: Investigation to take months

Police have completed the soul-shattering job of notifying loved ones of the five people who died in Tuesday night's horrific crash in Waikato. The outcome... Read More

Police enquire about vehicle in fence in Waitao

Police are making enquiries into a vehicle in a fence in Waitao. A police spokesperson says a person reported a vehicle stuck in a fence at the intersection... Read More

Serious consequence for 'idiotic' display of speed

A teenager faces a serious driving charge and has lost his car after the vehicle was caught at an 'absolutely stupid” speed. Highway Patrol Constable... Read More

Child safety: driveway dangers and road rules

'There's no going back. Once it's happened, it ruins families, it ruins lives,” says Safekids Aotearoa director Mareta Hunt. Recently, the Bay of Plenty... Read More

Five dead after car crosses centre line

Police say they know how a head-on two vehicle crash that left five people dead in Waikato on Tuesday afternoon happened but are still investigating why. Two... Read More

Te Pāti Māori protest plans for Thursday

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has slammed plans for a day of disruption launched by Te Pāti Māori as 'illegal”. Te Pāti Māori is urging all Māori... Read More

Multiple fatalities following Waikato crash

Police can confirm that five people have died following a head-on crash in the Waikato. Emergency services were called to the scene on State Highway 3/Ōhaupō... Read More

One injured following crash on SH29

Emergency services are responding to a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 29. The crash, near Cambridge Road, on SH29 was reported to Police at 5.33pm. "The... Read More

Serious crash in Waikato on SH3, Ōhaupō

Emergency services are responding to the scene of a serious crash in the Waikato region. State Highway 3/Ōhaupō Road is closed between Jary Road and Ngaroto... Read More