{"id":518716,"date":"2026-07-10T04:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/518716\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T04:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T04:14:10","slug":"central-wellingtons-terrace-tunnel-reopens-after-four-vehicle-crash-shuts-both-lanes-causes-major-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/518716\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Wellington\u2019s Terrace Tunnel reopens after four-vehicle crash shuts both lanes, causes major delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">According to New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), the crash closed the tunnel in both directions as contractors and emergency services rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">NZTA said SH1 remained closed in an update at 2.40pm, with contractors still on-site clearing debris.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The crash occurred in the Terrace Tunnel's southbound lane about 1.50pm, police said. Photo \/ New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The crash occurred in the Terrace Tunnel&#8217;s southbound lane about 1.50pm, police said. Photo \/ New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">Tow trucks were heading to the incident, with the agency noting the vehicles were needing to be towed off the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cContinue to avoid the area or use an alternative route,\u201d NZTA wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gngXgPCjmfo\" 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\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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\" 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":"According to New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), the crash closed the tunnel in both directions as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,83660,28648,3246,23604,1853,3549,16492,23546,65062,33262,20112,3950,661,111,43,139,69,1523,20593,1854,63502,6753,57343,48215,211790,36199,15900],"class_list":["post-518716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-arterial","tag-blocked","tag-both","tag-causes","tag-central","tag-crash","tag-delays","tag-forcing","tag-fourvehicle","tag-hour","tag-lane","tag-lanes","tag-major","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-reopened","tag-reopens","tag-route","tag-shut","tag-shuts","tag-southbound","tag-terrace","tag-tunnel","tag-wellingtons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518716","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=518716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}