{"id":511366,"date":"2026-07-05T20:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/511366\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T20:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:56:08","slug":"auckland-crashes-close-penrose-road-cause-southbound-delays-on-northern-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/511366\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland crashes close Penrose Road, cause southbound delays on Northern Motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZ Herald<\/p>\n<p>5 Jul, 2026 07:35 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\">Police said that one southbound lane is blocked on the Northern Motorway near Sunnynook. Photo \/ NZME<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Two morning crashes in Auckland are causing headaches for commuters, with one road expected to remain closed for some time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">About 6.25am, police were called to Penrose Rd in Mount Wellington after a truck struck a power pole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         Nobody was injured, but the road has been closed between Portman Rd<br \/>\n         and Bailey Rd, and is expected to remain closed for some time while repairs are undertaken.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">Police said motorists should avoid the area if they can or expect delays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"KGVqebHjEg\" style=\"display:none\">There are also delays for rush-hour commuters travelling south on the city\u2019s Northern Motorway after a single-vehicle crash occurred about 6.30am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Herald 5 Jul, 2026 07:35 PMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,25346,11519,651,5201,29463,29422,16492,5346,50278,1304,3945,111,43,139,7977,69,90,254450,13120,1314,544,48215,2044,102],"class_list":["post-511366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-cause","tag-causing","tag-close","tag-closed","tag-commuters","tag-crashes","tag-delays","tag-expected","tag-headaches","tag-morning","tag-motorway","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-northern","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-penrose","tag-remain","tag-road","tag-some","tag-southbound","tag-time","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511366","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=511366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}