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24 Feb 2026 17:56
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  •   Home > News > Accident and Emergency

    Two northbound lanes are closed on Auckland's Northern Motorway as crews clean up the remnants of a car fire

    Two northbound lanes are closed on Auckland's Northern Motorway as crews clean up the remnants of a car fire


    NZTA says traffic on State Highway 1 remains congested northbound from Newton to Northcote.

    Meanwhile Wellington residents looking to escape the capital for their long weekend are travelling easier, after an earlier crash further blocked up an already congested state highway 1 between Peka Peka and Otaki

    The Transport Agency says it's has now cleared

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     24 Feb: A young boy has serious injures after being hit by a car in Christchurch this morning
     24 Feb: NZTA says State Highway 2 is likely to remain closed at Mangatawhiri, west of Pokeno - for some time
     24 Feb: A child's been hit by a car on on Christchurch's Ferry Road, in Woolston, and is seriously injured
     24 Feb: One person's died in a three vehicle crash at Waikuku, north of Christchurch and Kaiapoi
     23 Feb: One person has died following a hit-and-run in Southland's Te Anau today
     23 Feb: Northbound lanes have reopened at Orewa - after a three-vehicle crash and diesel spill on State Highway One, this afternoon - in northern Auckland
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