{"id":271963,"date":"2026-02-07T06:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271963\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T06:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:57:10","slug":"sh2-closed-near-kaitoke-after-three-vehicle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/271963\/","title":{"rendered":"SH2 closed near Kaitoke after three-vehicle crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4KJCPP5_road_closed_police_jpg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"656\" alt=\"A sign saying 'road closed'.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPhoto: Pretoria Gordon \/ RNZ\n<\/p>\n<p>SH2 is closed in both directions near Kaitoke, north of Wellington, following a three-vehicle crash this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they were notified of the crash at about 4pm. It occurred at the intersection of SH2 and Waterworks Road, between Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services are at the scene, and the road remains blocked while they respond to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>NZTA Waka Kotahi said people travelling between Upper Hutt and the Wairarapa should delay their journeys, as no local road detours are available.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists are being advised to avoid the area if possible and to check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz\/journey-planner\/commute\/0?a=ChIJy3TpSfyxOG0RcLQTomPvAAo&amp;b=ChIJ2X9e060xR20RHZleEt_lM8w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Journey Planner<\/a> for the latest travel information.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate word on injuries or when the road is expected to reopen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Pretoria Gordon \/ RNZ SH2 is closed in both directions near Kaitoke, north of Wellington, following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,47,111,43,139,69,49,46,44,45],"class_list":{"0":"post-271963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-audio","9":"tag-current-affairs","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-podcasts","15":"tag-public-radio","16":"tag-radio-new-zealand","17":"tag-rnz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271963","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=271963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}