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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Stop-go controls are currently in place near the Waihou (Thames) River bridge.

24 Dec 12:10 AM

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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

24 Dec 12:10 AM

Auckland

'Avoid the area': Christmas Eve pick up truck crash blocks major Auckland road

24 Dec 12:17 AM

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'TV3 is unwatchable': Viewers vent as glitch hits multiple channels, technicians work through night

23 Dec 11:11 PM

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'Avoid the area': Christmas Eve pick up truck crash blocks major Auckland road

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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

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Why Poroti Springs kaitiaki must now take their water rights case to the High Court

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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Stop-go controls are currently in place near the Waihou (Thames) River bridge.

24 Dec 12:10 AM

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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Stop-go controls are currently in place near the Waihou (Thames) River bridge.

24 Dec 12:10 AM

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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Stop-go controls are currently in place near the Waihou (Thames) River bridge.

24 Dec 12:10 AM

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Wairoa River mouth fix completed, spillway reaches ‘pivotal moment’

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'Avoid the area': Christmas Eve pick up truck crash blocks major Auckland road

'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Sunny Christmas on the way for Bay of Plenty, rain set to crash Boxing Day

Young Shortland Street actor sentenced for brutal road rage assault

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Wairoa River mouth fix completed, spillway reaches ‘pivotal moment’

Woman charged with helping murder-accused avoid arrest

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New police commander for Eastern District

One injured after fire destroys home in Christchurch

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'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

'Avoid the area': Christmas Eve pick up truck crash blocks major Auckland road

'TV3 is unwatchable': Viewers vent as glitch hits multiple channels, technicians work through night

Sunny Christmas on the way for Bay of Plenty, rain set to crash Boxing Day

‘She was so trusting’: Police dog Teo’s fight back after geothermal burns

Hawke’s Bay wildfire: Highway reopens, investigator to probe cause of destructive blaze

Whangārei mum evicted from transitional housing weeks before Christmas

‘Extraordinary impact’: A2 Milk CFO wins top Deloitte finance award

Precinct wins Deloitte Top 200 Sustainability Leadership award 2025

Fran O'Sullivan: Passing the Deloitte Top 200 baton

Tower’s digital revamp drives most improved Deloitte award win

'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Why weather apps give different forecasts – and which ones to trust in NZ

‘She was so trusting’: Police dog Teo’s fight back after geothermal burns

Hawke’s Bay wildfire: Highway reopens, investigator to probe cause of destructive blaze

'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Terrorists plotted to kill Jews in ‘worst attack in British history’

One injured after fire destroys home in Christchurch

'Avoid the area': Christmas Eve pick up truck crash blocks major Auckland road

'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Young Shortland Street actor sentenced for brutal road rage assault

‘Very long time coming’: Tauranga fire station rebuild finally moves ahead

Why Poroti Springs kaitiaki must now take their water rights case to the High Court

'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

'Expect delays': SH25 closed at Kopu after truck crash as holiday traffic ramps around NZ

Wairoa River mouth fix completed, spillway reaches ‘pivotal moment’

Full-throttle action: Shelter View gears up for Jetsprint Championship

From ink guns to online: Woolworths lifer marks 50 years on the job

Skydiving was ‘relaxing’ compared with this: Ex-SAS soldier, fiancee on life with newborn twins

Mahia Peninsula could be free of possums by 2027

Editorial: Some black and white advice for not getting too boozy this summer

Christmas Appeal: Those who 'have so little' but their 'hearts are turned towards giving'

Hawke's Bay will record its worst road toll in five years

Editorial: Some black and white advice for not getting too boozy this summer

From a popular dragstrip to some of NZ's best wine: The curious case of the soil under Thunderpark

'You are legends': Community donations fill Tauranga foodbank shelves

Opinion: Christmas, Jesus, and what gifts say about us

He saved two kids from deadly surf - now his message for summer at the beach

Rentals to realising the dream: The road to first farm ownership

'I know everyone on my road': Hugh Jackson on farming and rural life

Winston Peters wants Member States to pull their weight as the UN lurches into potential liquidation

A deep dive into the world of sharks

A guide to managing moisture at home

Helping locals this Christmas

Mortgage-free in six short years