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The long Labour weekend is almost upon us and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is encouraging people to use its Holiday Journey Planner to make the most of travel around Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti.
Update: Crews currently working to reseal a section of State Highway 1 north of Levin will return to site tomorrow (Tuesday 22 October), not Thursday as originally planned.
A stretch of State Highway 51 between Ellison Street and Waitangi Road will be closed at the beginning of next month for the Iron Maori triathlon event. The road, near Awatoto, will be closed between 6am and 1pm on Saturday 2 November.
Rotokare Scenic Reserve, in South Taranaki, has today welcomed a new resident: the elusive striped skink - with the support of NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), Te Ara o Te Ata - Mt Messenger project partner Ngāti Tama and local mana whenua Ngāti Tupaia.
Approximately 110 lane kilometres of state highway in the Bay of Plenty will either be rebuilt or resealed over coming summers, with a significant portion of this planned to take place over the next 6 months.
People travelling throughout Manawatū-Whanganui over the next few months can expect to see a lot of activity rebuilding and resealing the region’s state highways.
