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Fine weather is ahead for King’s Birthday weekend across the Waikato and Bay of Plenty and heavy traffic is expected in the holiday hotspots as people head away.
Good progress is being made on the safety measures on State Highway 60 Ruby Bay Bypass. To complete the work, overnight road closures will be extended.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is advising weekend travellers over much of the South Island to expect severe north-westerly gales late Friday into Saturday, King’s Birthday Weekend.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is prosecuting KiwiRail in relation to an incident on 17 June 2023 in which the KiwiRail-operated Hamilton to Auckland Te Huia service failed to obey a red signal, risking a collision with another passenger train.
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available date, prior to Friday, 7 June 2024.
Update: SH1 southbound will now be closed from 9pm to 4:30am on both Tuesday 18 June and Wednesday 19 June, as more time is required to complete these works.
A stretch of coastline at Kaikōura has become a safer place for both fur seal pups and road users after a joint effort by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), Department Of Conservation/Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University.
Drivers in Auckland are being urged to take extra care on the Auckland Harbour Bridge tomorrow (Wednesday 29 May) with strong winds predicted from midday until 11pm.
NZTA is reminding owners of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to buy their first road user charges (RUC) licence before the deadline of 31 May 2024.
