{"id":289226,"date":"2026-02-18T02:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/289226\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:37:10","slug":"lane-blocked-on-aucklands-northwestern-motorway-following-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/289226\/","title":{"rendered":"Lane blocked on Auckland&#8217;s northwestern motorway following crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4JT0NL0_Image_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"Truck v car crash on Auckland's northwestern motorway.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: RNZ \/ Calvin Samuel\n<\/p>\n<p>A crash on Auckland&#8217;s northwestern motorway has blocked lanes.<\/p>\n<p>Accoding to the NZ Transport Agency, the crash has occurred just after the Waterview Tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>Two lanes were inititally blocked but at 11.45am, NZTA said one lane had reopened.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4JT0OWH_Image_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"580\" alt=\"A crash is blocking lanes on the northwestern motorway just after the Waterview tunnel.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nThe crash has occurred just after the Waterview Tunnel.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ NZTA\n<\/p>\n<p>A traffic camera shows traffic building up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4JT0O1S_Screenshot_2026_02_18_120111_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"612\" alt=\"Traffic is heavy on SH16 following a crash near Waterview Tunnel. Photo shows traffic as of 12pm, 18 Feb.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nTraffic on the motorway as of midday.<br \/>\nPhoto: Supplied \/ Google Maps\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pass with care and expect delays,&#8221; NZTA said.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic is also gridlocked citybound, back to Te Atat\u016b, the opposite side of the crash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4JT0NL0_Image_1_jpg.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"787\" alt=\"Truck v car crash on Auckland's northwestern motorway.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\n<p>Photo: RNZ \/ Calvin Samuel\n<\/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 daily newsletter<\/a> curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: RNZ \/ Calvin Samuel A crash on Auckland&#8217;s northwestern motorway has blocked lanes. Accoding to the NZ&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289227,"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-289226","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\/289226","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=289226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}