{"id":333710,"date":"2026-03-17T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/333710\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:08:11","slug":"state-highway-2-waioweka-gorge-reopens-after-debris-slip-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/333710\/","title":{"rendered":"State Highway 2 Waioweka Gorge reopens after debris slip closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rotorua Daily Post<\/p>\n<p>16 Mar, 2026 10:45 PMQuick 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\"> Fresh material has come down on SH2, through the Waioweka Gorge, today. Photo \/ NZTA<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Motorists are being warned to expect delays on State Highway 2 through the Waioweka Gorge today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The highway was closed earlier today after after fresh material came down overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) said the debris overwhelmed slip\u2011protection barriers, spilling on to the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         In an updated statement,<br \/>\n         the roading agency said the highway has now reopened to traffic.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"KYEvgaSZnwMMmNilyq\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMotorists can expect delays today as the team continue to clear debris.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rotorua Daily Post 16 Mar, 2026 10:45 PMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,17163,42333,121901,26755,111,43,139,69,1854,64572,13672,142210],"class_list":["post-333710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-closure","tag-debris","tag-gorge","tag-highway","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-reopens","tag-slip","tag-state","tag-waioweka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333710","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=333710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}