{"id":296627,"date":"2026-02-22T12:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/296627\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:33:07","slug":"long-delays-after-crash-on-aucklands-north-western-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/296627\/","title":{"rendered":"Long delays after crash on Auckland\u2019s North Western Motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZ Herald<\/p>\n<p>22 Feb, 2026 08:26 AMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">A two vehicle crash on Auckland&#8217;s SH16 has caused delays. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Long delays are expected and one southbound lane of Auckland\u2019s North-Western motorway remains closed tonight following a two-vehicle crash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Police said emergency services were called to reports of a crash about 8pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cPolice are in attendance and initial reports indicate there are minor injuries,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         \u201cTwo lanes<br \/>\n         are now open but there are long delays. Motorists are asked to avoid the area and take alternative routes.\u201d\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Herald 22 Feb, 2026 08:26 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,3952,5201,3549,16492,5346,5504,20112,2190,3945,111,43,139,529,34608,69,90,10715,48215,5911,44097,3457],"class_list":{"0":"post-296627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-aucklands","10":"tag-closed","11":"tag-crash","12":"tag-delays","13":"tag-expected","14":"tag-following","15":"tag-lane","16":"tag-long","17":"tag-motorway","18":"tag-new-zealand","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-newzealand","21":"tag-north","22":"tag-northwestern","23":"tag-nz","24":"tag-on","25":"tag-remains","26":"tag-southbound","27":"tag-tonight","28":"tag-twovehicle","29":"tag-western"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296627","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=296627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}