{"id":463459,"date":"2026-06-06T04:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/463459\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:25:12","slug":"hawkes-bay-expressway-closed-at-westshore-after-early-morning-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/463459\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawke\u2019s Bay Expressway closed at Westshore after early morning crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZ Herald<\/p>\n<p>5 Jun, 2026 08:47 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\">The Hawke\u2019s Bay Expressway has been closed in both directions at Westshore after a crash early this morning. Photo \/ NZTA<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Hawke\u2019s Bay Expressway is closed in both directions at Westshore after a crash early this morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Emergency services were called after a vehicle crashed into the median barrier shortly before 4.30am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">No significant injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         The expressway remains closed between Prebensen Drive and Watchman Rd while repairs are<br \/>\n         carried out to the damaged barrier.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"DjAaGJVL\" style=\"display:none\">The road is expected to remain closed for several more hours, with motorists advised to avoid the area and expect delays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Herald 5 Jun, 2026 08:47 PMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,1975,1561,3246,5201,3549,97847,2245,38121,1976,1304,111,43,139,69,1961,121823],"class_list":["post-463459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-at","tag-bay","tag-both","tag-closed","tag-crash","tag-directions","tag-early","tag-expressway","tag-hawkes","tag-morning","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-this","tag-westshore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463459","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=463459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}