{"id":236182,"date":"2026-01-16T10:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/236182\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T10:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T10:21:15","slug":"sunlive-truck-crash-hazardous-material-spills-on-sh36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/236182\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Truck crash, hazardous material spills on SH36"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    \t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A truck crash north of Rotorua has spilled hazardous materials across a state highway.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The highway was clsoed earlier this morning, but is now under stop\/go traffic management, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said they were notified at 5.45am that a truck and car had collided on SH36.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One person is reported to have minor-moderate injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is diesel and debris on the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE 8:00AM<\/p>\n<p>SH36 has had to close again for crash recovery. Continue to detour via Hamurana Rd, Sh33 and Te Puke Highway. Allow extra time for a detour. ^KF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GxfWSSdCh8\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/GxfWSSdCh8<\/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\/2011875952037388794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 15, 2026<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>People are advised to expect delays in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Te Rapa Rd in Hamilton is also closed following a serious crash just after midnight.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash in Beerescourt around 12.30am.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The road is closed between Forest Lake Rd and Vardon Rd, with the public advised to avoid the area and expect delays.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police said they could not confirm any information regarding injuries at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>And in the South Island, a truck-and-trailer crash on SH1 is also causing delays for \u014camaru residents.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 3.10am, between Sandringham St and College St.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>No serious injuries were reported but the road is partially blocked and drivers are advised to take a different route if they can.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/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":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; A truck crash north of Rotorua has spilled hazardous materials across a state highway.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-236182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236182","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=236182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}