Media releases

13 December 2024 9:27 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 56 through Opiki will be closing during daytime hours for 2 months from January for a raft of maintenance.

13 December 2024 8:37 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A small stretch of State Highway 1 at the intersection of SH1/3 in Bulls will be closed overnight next month for asphalt resurfacing.

11 December 2024 4:00 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Urgent repairs are planned for the Pelorus Bridge on State Highway 6 on Tuesday, 17 December.

11 December 2024 10:18 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Construction on the new 60-metre roundabout in Piarere is approaching another milestone, with the first completed approach roads set to open.

11 December 2024 8:37 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

If you are a regular user of State Highway 2 Remutaka Hill, there are important dates you need to put in your diary.

10 December 2024 9:00 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 2 at the intersection of Taits Road, just north of the SH5 Napier-Taupō Road turnoff is now open following an earlier serious crash.

10 December 2024 8:52 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Crews repairing Rotokautuku (Waiapu) Bridge on State Highway 35, near Ruatoria, will carry out two further bridge lifts tomorrow - Wednesday 11th December.

10 December 2024 3:51 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Contractors will be on the job at the end of this week ensuring State Highway 1 between Picton and Blenheim is in top shape for peak holiday traffic.

10 December 2024 12:23 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway between Evenden Road and Pākōwhai Road will be closed overnight tomorrow Wednesday 11 December, from 8pm to 4am.

10 December 2024 10:52 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

This December the world’s best endurance athletes will converge on Taupō to swim, bike and run the Vinfast Ironman 70.3 World Championships for 2024.

10 December 2024 9:54 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 1 (SH1) at Karāpiro, south of Cambridge, will be closed for 4 days in January for maintenance and repair work.

9 December 2024 2:38 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

The National Ticketing Solution (NTS) known as Motu Move, started its pilot of contactless payments yesterday on the Route 29 bus from Christchurch airport to the city

9 December 2024 1:58 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Roading crews will be turning their attention to a stretch of State Highway 2 just north of Waipawa from January.

9 December 2024 9:00 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Construction of the new 4-lane expressway connecting Tauranga and Te Puna continues to make great progress with the team racking up 2 million hours of work on the Takitimu North Link project so far, as the third year of construction draws to a close.

8 December 2024 9:29 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Drivers travelling on highways in the lower North and Upper South Islands need to be ready for bad weather driving conditions.