{"id":527983,"date":"2026-07-15T22:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/527983\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:20:17","slug":"mangatawhiri-crash-one-dead-state-highway-2-closed-after-two-vehicle-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/527983\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangat\u0101whiri crash: One dead, State Highway 2 closed after two-vehicle collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">A section of SH2, between Koheroa Rd and the SH1 intersection, remains closed after the Serious Crash Unit completed a scene examination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">Koheroa Rd has reopened after being closed earlier, providing a detour route between SH1 and SH2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) advised northbound motorists to exit SH2 at Koheroa Rd, following the road through to Mercer and on to SH1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">Southbound motorists are advised to travel the same route in reverse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAvoid the area or delay your journey if possible,\u201d NZTA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"uXGlmRGscvPe\" 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":"A section of SH2, between Koheroa Rd and the SH1 intersection, remains closed after the Serious Crash Unit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,51,8605,5201,34094,3549,690,6179,5504,26755,8526,76062,1304,3180,111,43,139,69,5270,4056,25995,13672,11584,1961,44097,1524,102],"class_list":["post-527983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-auckland","tag-border","tag-closed","tag-collision","tag-crash","tag-dead","tag-died","tag-following","tag-highway","tag-latenight","tag-mangatwhiri","tag-morning","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-one","tag-person","tag-remaining","tag-state","tag-stretch","tag-this","tag-twovehicle","tag-waikato","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527983","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=527983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}