{"id":37640,"date":"2025-09-23T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/37640\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:00:08","slug":"northwestern-motorway-links-closed-after-person-dies-traffic-backed-up-to-st-lukes-off-ramp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/37640\/","title":{"rendered":"Northwestern Motorway links closed after person dies, traffic backed up to St Lukes off-ramp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cDrivers are advised to expect delays or seek an alternative route via the NZTA website.<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe death will be referred to the coroner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\"> Google Maps shows traffic is backed up  to the St Lukes off-ramp, about 3.4km away. <\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">There is light traffic backing up to Newmarket coming from the other direction. <\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\">The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is telling motorists to exit at Fanshawe or Gillies Ave if you are travelling along the SH1, and to exit at Nelson St or Gillies Ave if you are travelling on the SH16 eastbound. <\/p>\n<p class=\"NzpREUNDumYW\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Sign up to Herald Premium Editor\u2019s Picks<\/a>, delivered straight to your inbox every Friday. Editor-in-Chief Murray Kirkness picks the week\u2019s best features, interviews and investigations. Sign up for Herald Premium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/subscription\/offers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/subscription\/offers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDrivers are advised to expect delays or seek an alternative route via the NZTA website. \u201cThe death will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[74,3952,34609,1550,2199,5201,6179,7126,42,671,296,13620,2442,34610,1304,3945,3180,43,34608,34611,4056,11420,1961,61,40,38,41,39,3946,810],"class_list":["post-37640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-after","tag-aucklands","tag-backed","tag-centre","tag-city","tag-closed","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-headlines","tag-incident","tag-into","tag-leading","tag-links","tag-lukes","tag-morning","tag-motorway","tag-near","tag-news","tag-northwestern","tag-offramp","tag-person","tag-st","tag-this","tag-to","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-traffic","tag-up"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37640","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=37640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}