Lengthy traffic queue on the Southern Motorway. Photo / NZTA
The NZTA traffic dashboard indicated the route from Bombay to Auckland City on SH1 will take 14 minutes longer than usual.
The route from Auckland City to Bombay via SH1/SH20/SH16 will take about 20 minutes longer.
Despite the delays and crashes typical during the holiday period, New Zealand’s annual road toll is trending lower, with 2025 on track to be among the lowest totals in decades.
As of this morning – with two days left of the year – the provisional toll sat at 269; if it remains below 272, it would be the second-lowest annual total since 1951.
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