Media releases

28 March 2025 2:02 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 1 between the airport and Kilbirnie Crescent/Hamilton Road will see road maintenance work underway next month.

27 March 2025 5:05 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 3 at the southern end of Woodville will reopen to traffic tomorrow morning from 9am, following the completion of construction work on a new roundabout.

14 March 2025 3:06 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Work to rebuild State Highway 2 through Waipawa in Central Hawke’s Bay has been completed earlier than scheduled following a raft of maintenance.

13 March 2025 9:53 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

Road users on State Highway 49 (SH49), northwest of Waiouru, should prepare for delays over 2 weekends this month, while KiwiRail undertakes urgent maintenance on the Tangiwai Rail Crossing.

12 March 2025 2:32 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

New Zealand’s largest and most ambitious road maintenance project, the Tīrau to Waiouru Accelerated Maintenance programme, reaches a major milestone this week with the reopening of State Highway 1 (SH1) at the Desert Road on Friday 14 March.

12 March 2025 12:17 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

More than 500 truckloads of earth have been removed from the largest recovery site at Devil’s Elbow, as work onsite progresses.

11 March 2025 2:52 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

State Highway 56 through Opiki in the Manawatū-Whanganui region has now reopened, following a raft of maintenance work.

10 March 2025 1:39 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi

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