Media releases

7 March 2018 4:30 pm | NZ Transport Agency

The State Highway 1-Desert Road closure has been postponed to a date to be determined later because of expected bad weather

6 March 2018 5:00 pm | NZ Transport Agency: Central region:

The State Highway 1-Desert Road closure is now expected to take place on Thursday 8 March for 36 hours from 7am because of expected bad weather.

5 March 2018 5:37 pm | NZ Transport Agency

The NZ Transport Agency is advising that SH4 between Whanganui and Raetihi has been closed due to a high risk slip site identified at a site roughly two kilometres south of Fields Track.

5 March 2018 11:30 am | NZ Transport Agency

State Highway 30 near Benneydale is closed following a crash.

2 March 2018 11:51 am | NZ Transport Agency

State Highway 1 Desert Road will be closed to traffic for 36 hours from 7am on Wednesday 7 March and will continue to be one lane until April while the deck is replaced on the Waihohonu Stream bridge.