Traffic & Crashes

SH5 reopens following truck fire

Update, 5.20pm: State Highway 5, south of Rotorua has reopened after it was closed due to a vehicle fire earlier this afternoon. The highway was closed between... Read More

Crash on Hewletts Rd causes traffic delays

Police are advising motorists to take care around a crash on Hewletts Road and to expect delays. A spokeswoman said police received a report of a two-vehicle... Read More

Ātiamuri fatal crash victim named

Police have named the woman who died following a crash at Ātiamuri, southwest of Rotorua. She was Joni Tuhakaraina, 53, from Tokoroa. Emergency services... Read More

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with school bus

Update, 5.30pm: A motorcyclist has died after colliding with a school bus in the rural Bay of Plenty community of Ruatoki, south of Whakatāne. Police said... Read More

Milk truck rollover closes section of SH2

A section of State Highway 2 in the Bay of Plenty is closed after a milk truck rolled late last night. The truck rolled between Matatā and Edgecumbe about... Read More

Taupō fatal crash victim remembered by family

A 10-year-old boy who died in a crash near Taupō has been remembered as being 'full of life” with dreams of joining the navy like his koro. Jax Tauroa-Wall... Read More

Fatal crashes prompt Tauranga police plea

Five people have died on Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty roads this year, prompting a plea by the district's road policing manager for people to remember... Read More

Police name 10-year-old fatal crash victim

Police have named the child who died following a crash near Taupō. He was 10-year-old Jax Tauroa-Wall. Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle... Read More

Police name man killed in BoP crash

Police can now release the name of the man who died in a crash in the Bay of Plenty last month. Mapu Titoko, 54, of Whakatāne, died after single-vehicle... Read More

Three injured in helicopter crash near Matatā

Three people have been transported to hospital following a helicopter crash this afternoon in eastern Bay of Plenty. Emergency services were alerted to the... Read More

Road widening to begin at Ōmokoroa roundabout

Road widening is about to start on the Tauranga side of the temporary State Highway 2 / Ōmokoroa Rd roundabout, paving the way for the future four-lane layout. The... Read More

Project progresses with 70-tonne beam installation

A new milestone at the Pāpāmoa East Interchange, connecting Pāpāmoa to the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road, will be reached with the installation of the... Read More