{"id":385477,"date":"2026-04-18T07:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T07:34:08","slug":"kiwifruit-truck-trailer-tips-on-sh2-causing-delays-in-bay-of-plenty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/385477\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwifruit truck trailer tips on SH2, causing delays in Bay of Plenty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">The kiwifruit appeared to be the green or gold variety. The more niche red kiwifruit are also grown in the region. <\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile the scene was messy, there was good news &#8211; no injuries were reported,\u201d Betchetti said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">He said motorists were patient while crews worked to clear the scene, and a loader was called in to remove the fruit and damaged crates from the road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cOnce the kiwifruit was cleared, the road was swept to ensure it was safe for traffic. State Highway 2 has since been reopened,\u201d Betchetti said. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Kiwifruit scattered across a busy Western Bay of Plenty road after a truck\u2019s trailer tipped onto its side. Photo \/ Claire Rogers\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Kiwifruit scattered across a busy Western Bay of Plenty road after a truck\u2019s trailer tipped onto its side. Photo \/ Claire Rogers<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Witness Claire Rogers said she saw the tipped-over trailer and bins of kiwifruit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMany police cars attended the scene, directing traffic. The truck didn\u2019t appear to have tipped over, just the trailer,\u201d Rogers said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The kiwifruit appeared to be the green or gold variety. The more niche red kiwifruit are also grown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2840,74,1561,11776,11519,16492,78,23553,3242,111,43,139,69,1118,90,1562,1314,47621,6102,199964,2742,23368,3765,1865,2983,23857,29271,3608,3457],"class_list":{"0":"post-385477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-across","9":"tag-after","10":"tag-bay","11":"tag-busy","12":"tag-causing","13":"tag-delays","14":"tag-in","15":"tag-kiwifruit","16":"tag-large","17":"tag-new-zealand","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-of","22":"tag-on","23":"tag-plenty","24":"tag-road","25":"tag-sh2","26":"tag-side","27":"tag-strewn","28":"tag-thousands","29":"tag-tipped","30":"tag-tips","31":"tag-today","32":"tag-trailer","33":"tag-truck","34":"tag-trucks","35":"tag-were","36":"tag-western"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385477","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=385477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}