{"id":162385,"date":"2025-12-01T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/162385\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:19:07","slug":"sunlive-fatal-crash-on-state-highway-road-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/162385\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Fatal crash on state highway, road closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One person is dead after a crash on State Highway 5 in the Mamaku Ranges.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the scene between Harwoods and Tapapa Rds about 10.45am.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, police said the car caught on fire following the crash and the fire was reported to have spread to nearby vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson has since confirmed the fatality and said the road remained closed while the Serious Crash Unit examines the crash scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE 12:35PM<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSH5 is now CLOSED between the SH28 intersection and Maraeroa Rd. Traffic travelling eastbound should detour via SH28, SH29, and SH36. Reverse for westbound. Allow for extra travel time from this detour. ^AG <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HfEwB93mQ4\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/HfEwB93mQ4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 NZ Transport Agency &#8211; Waikato &amp; Bay of Plenty (@nztawbop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nztawbop\/status\/1995276398441726189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NZ Transport Agency said SH5 was closed between the intersection of SH28 and SH5 and the intersection of SH5 and Maraeroa Rd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are advised to expect delays and take alternative routes where possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA detour is being put in place via SH28, SH29 and SH36 with an estimated delay of 40 to 60 minutes,\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrucks and heavy vehicles heading north between Rotorua and T\u012brau will not be able to go past the intersection of Harwoods Rd and SH5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA diversion for trucks and heavy vehicles is in place and drivers should follow the directions of emergency services staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hato Hone St John said they were informed of the crash at 10.45am.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne ambulance and one operations manager attended.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One person is dead after a crash on State Highway 5 in the Mamaku Ranges. Emergency services were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-162385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}