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.

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 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.

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.

6 December 2024 4:59 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Drive to the conditions – if they change, reduce your speed. That also applies to these long, hot summer days.

6 December 2024 1:45 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Update 1.45pm: A stretch of State Highway 3 at Kai iwi west of Whanganui is now open following an earlier roadside fire.

5 December 2024 2:31 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Early work begins next Monday (9 December) at the site of a major underslip on State Highway 35 at Kopuaroa, north of Tokomaru Bay.

5 December 2024 1:41 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is advising road users on State Highway 4 next week to prepare for resealing work.

3 December 2024 5:40 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

A crash has closed State Highway 2 between Pakipaki and Te Hauke, south of Hastings.

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.