Media releases

15 September 2025 9:58 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Road resurfacing and rebuilds are already underway as the state highway summer maintenance season gets underway in the Wellington region.

2 September 2025 3:20 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Regular users of State Highway 2 Remutaka Hill have some critical dates they need to plan for.

1 September 2025 3:29 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

The first major works of the state highway summer maintenance programme are about to get underway in the Hutt Valley.

15 August 2025 8:21 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A new way of managing road maintenance is about to be trialled on one of Wellington’s key state highways – State Highway 58, between Hutt Valley and Transmission Gully.

17 July 2025 9:33 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

17 July 2025

Recent bad weather has affected the scheduling of these works.

It means there will a closure of State Highway 2 between Whakatiki Street and Silverstream…

16 June 2025 10:13 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

The next steps in making State Highway 1 safer on the Kāpiti Coast are underway.

30 May 2025 9:01 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Work will soon begin on the next stage of the State Highway 58 Safety Improvements Project between Moonshine and Murphys/Flightys Roads.

22 May 2025 10:00 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Contractors have wrapped up ongoing resilience works on State Highway 59 near Pukerua Bay.

30 April 2025 4:15 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

30 April:

Road crews have finished works requiring closures ahead of time, meaning planned road closures scheduled for tonight (Wednesday) and tomorrow night (Thursday) are no longer…

16 April 2025 3:40 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Late April and early May will see maintenance works underway on State Highway 2 between Masterton and Carterton.

11 April 2025 4:11 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Important information for drivers.

11 April 2025 2:00 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

The investment in the future reliability of State Highway 59 between Pukerua Bay and Paekākāriki marks another milestone next week.

10 April 2025 8:33 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

The Manakau rail overbridge on State Highway 1 is about to get a new road surface ahead of the Easter break.

8 April 2025 2:09 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Drivers travelling on sections of State Highway 1 on Vivian Street and Kent Terrace can expect smoother journeys ahead, with resurfacing works planned next week.

8 April 2025 7:34 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

7:30 am update: State Highway 58 has reopened to traffic.