Media releases

3 December 2024 3:02 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A major bridge on Te Ahu a Turanga: Manawatū Tararua Highway that will allow road users access across the Manawatū River has been completed.

29 November 2024 5:04 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway is now open following an earlier crash.

29 November 2024 3:19 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

We’ve made a list; we’ve checked it twice. Christmas parade road closures are coming to town.

29 November 2024 2:43 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 1 Tūrangi to Waiouru – including the Desert Road – will be closed for vital road rebuilding and repairs for around 2 months from Monday 13 January 2025.

29 November 2024 2:05 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A stretch of State Highway 35 at Te Anaputarua (Whanarua Bay) will be single lane for a number of weeks from next month to repair an underslip.

29 November 2024 9:51 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A reminder that State Highway 1 (SH1) is fully closed weekdays at Ngāruawāhia while NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) contractors complete roadworks on this section of the Waikato Expressway.

28 November 2024 3:10 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

An earlier truck breakdown has now been cleared from the northbound lane of State Highway 1/3 just north of Ohakea.

28 November 2024 11:13 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A reminder that from next week (Monday 2 December), crews will be onsite at Awakino Gorge, for a fortnight of State Highway 3 maintenance work.

27 November 2024 12:17 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A stretch of State Highway 2 will be closed for 3 nights next month just south of Wairoa.

27 November 2024 11:09 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising that emergency road repairs will be carried out at the intersection of State Highway 1 (SH1) and State Highway 29 (SH29) in Piarere tomorrow, Thursday 28 November.

27 November 2024 9:12 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 1 (SH1) has reopened between Tokoroa and Kinleith this morning, Wednesday 27 November 2024.

26 November 2024 11:28 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Detours will be in place for 5 nights next month as crews work to resurface parts of State Highways 50 and 51 in Napier.

25 November 2024 12:27 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A stretch of State Highway 50 at Mangamauku Stream Bridge just north of Tikokino will be closing for two nights for asphalting.

25 November 2024 9:57 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

This Saturday thousands of cyclists from around the country will be heading to Taupō to take part in the annual Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge.

21 November 2024 1:55 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A few days of adverse weather have meant that State Highway 1 between Tokoroa and upper Ātiamuri will reopen partially at midday on Friday 22 November between Kinleith and upper Ātiamuri.