{"id":630143,"date":"2026-10-14T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630143\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:30:09","slug":"cliff-curtis-apologises-over-auckland-crash-before-court-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630143\/","title":{"rendered":"Cliff Curtis apologises over Auckland crash before court hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Curtis faces charges of reckless driving<\/a> and driving with excess blood alcohol after a crash at the intersection of Jellicoe St and Halsey St in central Auckland on September 23.<\/p>\n

Emergency services were alerted about 10.30pm after a Tesla struck a parked taxi, trapping a man inside.<\/p>\n

Two people were taken to hospital, one in a serious condition, and a third suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe driver of a parked taxi was trapped in their vehicle after the collision. Photo \/ Hayden Woodward<\/p>\n

Before charges were laid, Curtis said he was \u201ccollaborating fully with relevant authorities\u201d and was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the incident.<\/p>\n

The owner of Wynyard Mart, which is about 20m away from the crash scene, described the incident as a loud \u201cboom\u201d.<\/p>\n

The precinct was particularly busy that night because of a show at the nearby ASB Waterfront Theatre.<\/p>\n

\"CliffCliff Curtis with UFC star Israel Adesanya at the Breakers’ season-opening win over Illawara at Spark Arena on September 20. Photo \/ NZ Breakers<\/p>\n

Curtis shot to fame in the Kiwi films Once Were Warriors and Whale Rider, before starring in blockbuster franchises Avatar and Fast & Furious.<\/p>\n

He was photographed alongside UFC star Israel Adesanya at the New Zealand Breakers\u2019 season-opening win over the Illawara Hawks at Spark Arena three days before the crash.<\/p>\n

Curtis has a home in Rotorua and maintains strong ties to New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, he was part of the acquisition of Auckland\u2019s Studio West<\/a>, alongside fellow Hollywood stars Jason Momoa and Taika Waititi.<\/p>\n

The trio\u2019s company \u0100riki Group purchased the long-running studio with plans to expand it into a hub for domestic and international productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Curtis faces charges of reckless driving and driving with excess blood alcohol after a crash at the intersection…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3376,38860,43507,51,9218,12636,61585,1349,3549,16082,38471,19552,156,305,35698,4223,10933,101,4960,1362,28166,111,139,69,1523,2687,44868,1361,102,6730],"class_list":["post-630143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actor","tag-apologised","tag-apologises","tag-auckland","tag-before","tag-cliff","tag-consequences","tag-court","tag-crash","tag-curtis","tag-devastating","tag-driver","tag-entertainment","tag-have","tag-hearing","tag-hollywood","tag-injured","tag-left","tag-live","tag-made","tag-mistake","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-saying","tag-taxi","tag-that","tag-with","tag-would"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630143","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=630143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}