{"id":372871,"date":"2026-04-10T11:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/372871\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:38:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:38:16","slug":"sunlive-drivers-warned-of-lengthy-delays-on-sh29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/372871\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Drivers warned of lengthy delays on SH29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers are being warned to expect lengthy delays on State Highway 29 through the Kaimai Range following a truck breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi said the highway is operating under stop\/go traffic management just after the SH28 intersection, between Tauranga and Te Poi.<\/p>\n<p>Police were first notified around 7.50am after a truck broke down on the Matamata side of the summit. A second truck then broke down at the same location about 8.15am, further compounding delays.<\/p>\n<p>While one lane remains open, traffic has built up significantly, with motorists facing extensive delays, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say congestion is likely to continue for several hours, and the highway may remain partially blocked for much of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Road users are being urged to delay travel if possible, avoid the area, or allow significant extra time for their journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers are being warned to expect lengthy delays on State Highway 29 through the Kaimai Range following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-372871","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\/372871","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=372871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}