{"id":97156,"date":"2025-10-23T20:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/97156\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:02:12","slug":"aucklands-tamaki-dr-reopened-after-fatal-bus-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/97156\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland’s T\u0101maki Dr reopened after fatal bus crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Auckland’s T\u0101maki Drive was reopened this morning after Wednesday night’s horror collision between a bus and a car which saw the bus driver lose their life.<\/p>\n

Auckland Transport said the destroyed bus had been removed and that all emergency services were stood down. <\/p>\n

“All modes of transport are now able to use T\u0101maki Drive between Ngapipi Road and The Strand, which was the section of road formerly closed to traffic yesterday.” <\/p>\n

All bus services are back to operating as normal. <\/p>\n

Police said enquiries into the Parnell collision<\/a>, near Mechanics Bay, were “ongoing”. <\/p>\n

“Police would like to thank all road users for their patience and understanding.” <\/p>\n

Emergency services were called to the scene of the head-on crash at around 9.20pm, where both vehicles were engulfed in flames. <\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police and fire staff on Tamaki Drive (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

The bus driver was killed, and another person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. <\/p>\n

Bus operator Kenetic confirmed the fire started in the car’s engine before spreading \u2013 and did not impact the electric bus’s batteries. <\/p>\n

In a statement last night, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown said he was “saddened” to hear a bus driver was killed in the crash. <\/p>\n

“It’s a stark reminder of the fragility of life and how it can change in the blink of an eye. <\/p>\n

“My thoughts are with those affected, especially the family, colleagues, and friends of the driver who has passed away. <\/p>\n

“I know AT is supporting the ongoing investigation, working with police, the bus company and other agencies and I expect, in these difficult times, that we wrap as much care around those impacted as they come to terms with this tragedy. <\/p>\n

He urged Aucklanders to “please take extra care” on the roads, and “look after each other”, as Labour weekend approached. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Auckland’s T\u0101maki Drive was reopened this morning after Wednesday night’s horror collision between a bus and a car…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1081,51,111,43,139,69,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-97156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-accident","9":"tag-auckland","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-transport"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97156","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=97156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}