{"id":233319,"date":"2026-01-14T20:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233319\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:22:09","slug":"two-killed-as-cars-collide-on-bay-of-plenty-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/233319\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed as cars collide on Bay of Plenty highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4JUS1OT_bop_crash_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"635\" alt=\"The NZ Transport Agency said State Highway 30 is expected to remain closed for quite some time.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe NZ Transport Agency said State Highway 30 is expected to remain closed for quite some time.<br \/>\nPhoto: NZTA\n<\/p>\n<p>Two people are dead after two cars collided on a Bay of Plenty highway.<\/p>\n<p>Road closures are in place after two cars collided on State Highway 30 in Tikitere, a suburb in Rotorua, about 4.20am on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Fire and Emergency told RNZ two people have died and a third person was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Police said diversions are in place at the intersections of State Highway 30\/State Highway 33 and State Highway 30\/Matahi Road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this stage, Police are unable to confirm any information regarding injuries to those involved,&#8221; a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The NZ Transport Agency said State Highway 30 is expected to remain closed for quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NZ Transport Agency said State Highway 30 is expected to remain closed for quite some time. Photo:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-233319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-podcasts","13":"tag-public-radio","14":"tag-radio-new-zealand","15":"tag-rnz","16":"tag-top-news","17":"tag-top-stories","18":"tag-topnews","19":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233319","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=233319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}