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Takaka Hill, SH 60 Update – increasing access to Golden Bay

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Takaka Hill, SH 60 Update – increasing access to Golden Bay

Since the aftermath of ex-tropical-cyclone Gita, the hill road has been open to restricted convoys morning and evening (7-8 am and 5-6 pm) and Sunday daytime hours, 8 am to 5 pm.

“We understand how vital this road is as a lifeline for people in Golden Bay, and we are doing everything possible to improve access,” says Frank Porter, Transport Agency System Manager.

“We need to balance the need to keep the road open as much as possible with the need to fully rebuild it.”

An extra hour morning and evening Monday to Saturday

As of this Wednesday 14 March, the open hours for Takaka Hill road are extending by an hour each morning and evening, ie 6-8am and 5-7pm.

  • The Sunday 8am to 5pm open hours remain the same.

Lunchtime permitted convoys continue, with commercial passenger transport included from this week

“The lunchtime essential freight convoy with daily permits continues,” says Mr Porter.

“We are also pleased to allow commercial bus and shuttle services to make the lunchtime trip as of this week, so long as they comply with the length restrictions.

“This will ease up access for some people who want to travel out of Golden Bay at lunchtime and come back in the evening on the same passenger service.”

Other easing of restrictions – a way to get bikes over the hill

While pedestrians and cyclists are not allowed to travel by foot or cycle over the hill, people can arrange bike transport through local bus or transport services, to get them over through the convoy system.

Cars or vans towing caravans, trailers and boats can now travel over morning and evening Monday to Saturday, and any time 8am – 5pm Sunday. The length of the object being towed is the only qualification.

  • Trailers/boats/caravans of 7 metres or more in length may not be allowed over the hill.
  • All travel is still by escorted convoy only.
  • Trucks towing trailers are not permitted on the hill at this stage.
  • Over-dimension or over width units or large coaches are not permitted.

What our crews have achieved so far

Transport Agency crews are working hard to widen the road around some of the tight bends that are currently not wide enough for truck and trailer units, says Mr Porter. “We are also surfacing sections of the road damaged in the storm, completing retaining wall repairs, repairing and installing new culverts and drains, and installing safety barriers. 

“We are installing electronic sign boards in Takaka, Upper Takaka, Rai township, Murchison and Richmond to help keep people updated as to the status of the Takaka Hill road.”

Key safety messages for drivers on the hill and people waiting in the convoys

  • No overtaking on the Takaka Hill – people need to stay in their place in the convoy and drive with care once they are over the hill each side.
  • Turn your lights off while waiting at either end of the closure point so that your vehicle battery doesn’t go flat.
  • Please don’t wander out into the oncoming lane while you are waiting to join a convoy (particularly children).  Vehicles are travelling over the hill in that lane.
  • Make sure your vehicle is roadworthy and you have sufficient fuel.

Easter opening hours   – open each day, all day

  • The Takaka Hill road will be open 8am – 5pm all of Easter, Good Friday to Easter Monday inclusive.
  • The Thursday night (29 March) opening is likely to be later than from 5 pm – 7 pm. The exact hours open will be confirmed closer to Easter.

After Easter hours and access – Tuesday, 3 April onwards

The Transport Agency is aiming to open up the road to be used without convoys, outside of the daytime construction work, ie outside of 8 am to 5 pm Monday to Saturday, including overnight.  However, this planned timetable to move beyond the convoy system is dependent on good weather in coming weeks.

A big thank you

“To the people needing to travel over State Highway 60, Takaka Hill, since the storm, a big thanks for your patience and understanding and all the messages of support that have been sent through,” says Mr Porter.  “We also thank our road crews for their hard work under difficult conditions.”

Traffic and travel pages for convoy information which will be updated when arrangements change: http://www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/areawarnings/202314

How to stay up to date:

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NZ Transport Agency calls for hi-tech ideas to make roads safer

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: NZ Transport Agency calls for hi-tech ideas to make roads safer

It’s hosting a Hackathon – a sort of technology-driven brainstorming speed date – to bring together people with diverse skills, interests and perspectives to solve problems.

“We’ll have 120 people coming together in teams for 48 hours to come up with  creative new ideas to help prevent needless deaths and serious injuries on our roads,” says the Transport Agency’s Safety and Environment Director Harry Wilson.

“We don’t know what we’ll get and we’re open to all ideas, but we’re looking for problem solving with a clear focus on the outcome – preventing crashes and saving lives.”

“The Hackathon’s theme is “Save One More Life”. Last year 379 people died on our roads, and every one of those lives lost is a tragedy. We’re looking for new ways to make our roads safer and improve driver behaviour.”

“It’s about unleashing the potential of technology to reduce the road toll,” says Mr Wilson.

“The idea is to bring together new technology and digital innovation and some free thinking and fresh perspectives. We’re looking for new ideas that can meaningfully impact road safety in New Zealand.”

Mr Wilson says the Transport Agency will be asking teams to keep the ‘Safe System’ approach front of mind as they build their solutions. The Safe System approach aims for a more forgiving road system that takes human fallibility and vulnerability into account.

“Under a Safe System, we design the whole transport system to protect people from death and serious injury,” Mr Wilson says.

The Transport Agency has suggested six challenge areas that the teams might focus on. For example it points to the fact that most people wear seat belts, but 26 per cent of road deaths in 2017 involved people not wearing seatbelts. How can technology help “make it click” every time in every vehicle?

Other challenge areas include driving too fast for the conditions, driving while impaired, making older vehicles and motorcycles safer and reducing crash risks on roads without median barriers.

Teams will also be able  to focus on a problem of their own choosing.

“We’ve got 120 people signed up on a first-in first served basis, with another 70 on a waiting list. We’ve got developers, tech experts and people with engineering or transport backgrounds. We’ve got people with a personal motivation for improving road safety. All are passionate about being involved in finding solutions to an issue which affects communities and so many people.”

The Hackathon will take place in Auckland on 16-18 March. Participants will come together on the Friday night, divide into teams and spend Saturday and Sunday working on their product or service idea. They’ll have access to data and APIs from the Transport Agency and its partners.

On Sunday afternoon they’ll present their concepts and prototypes. Teams are not required to produce a fully implemented solution, but a judging panel will award prizes to the top three concepts.

“We are in for a really exciting time as we engage with everyday transport users who also just happen to be really smart thinkers and technology innovators. There is no limit to what they might come up with,” says Mr Wilson.

Media interested in attending the Hackathon should contact the Transport Agency’s Auckland Media Manager Darryl Walker.

More information about the Hackathon can be found at https://www.saveonemorelife.co.nz/

More info about the safe system is at  http://www.saferjourneys.govt.nz/about-safer-journeys/the-safe-system-approach/

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Immunisation Handbook 2017

Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Immunisation Handbook 2017

The Immunisation Handbook 2017 (the Handbook) provides clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice. These guidelines are based on the best scientific evidence available at the time of publication, from published and unpublished literature.

Published online: 
09 March 2018
Immunisation Handbook 2017.

Read the handbook

To read the Immunisation Handbook you can:

Refer to the Pharmaceutical Schedule (on the Pharmac website) for the number of funded doses, eligibility criteria and any subsequent changes to the funding decisions.

Immunisation Handbook 2017 (2nd edition) – March 2018

The electronic Handbook has been updated, and a new edition published: Immunisation Handbook 2017 (2nd edition).

Major changes, in chapter order, are:

  • Chapter 4 Immunisation of Special Groups: updated to include the herpes zoster vaccine funding from 1 April 2018, and new information about immune checkpoint inhibitors
  • Chapter 8 Hepatitis B – includes information about the temporary brand change of the single antigen hepatitis B vaccine (from HBvaxPRO to Engerix-B)
  • Chapter 10 Influenza – includes the change from trivalent to quadrivalent influenza vaccine (Fluarix Tetra and Influvac Tetra) and new information about immune checkpoint inhibitors
  • Chapter 13 Mumps – updated to align with the latest version of the ‘Mumps’ chapter of the Communicable Disease Control Manual 2012
  • Chapter 14 Pertussis – updated to align with the latest version of the ‘Pertussis’ chapter of the Communicable Disease Control Manual 2012
  • Chapter 22 Zoster – updated to reflect the herpes zoster vaccine funding from 1 April 2018.

Detailed changes are described in Changes to the Immunisation Handbook 2017 (2nd edition) (PDF, 459 KB).

Individual chapters

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Dr Lynne Maher on co-design

Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Dr Lynne Maher on co-design

Partners in Care

Dr Lynne Maher presented at the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Let’s talk forum on 8 March 2018. Lynne is the Director of Innovation at Ko Awatea, Counties Manukau Health, Honorary Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Auckland, and has led the co-design movement across New Zealand.

She began by asking the audience how many people had ever accessed the health service for themselves or their families – not surprisingly, everybody in the room had. She then asked how many people would describe their experiences as ‘excellent service’? Only about ten people in the room put their hands up. Lynne saw this as an opportunity to learn about integrating the voice of consumers into the design of improved services.

“The response of consumers is a key component of co-design, to create a feedback loop for the design and development of health services,” she said.

“Generally, when consumer voices are integrated into the design of health services, research has shown a number of benefits. For example, patients are more able to take their medications correctly and feel more confident and empowered in their own health care management, which can reduce access to health care services.”

She said that when considering co-design, many mainly focus on working with patients and families. However, co-design is actually about working with everybody who is involved in or impacted by the health care process.

“It is important to understand staff perspective and there is a significant amount of research that demonstrates when staff feel fulfilled and able to work in a positive way, this translates into patients and family/whānau having a more positive experience.”

What is co-design?

Co-design is a process where a challenge or an opportunity is identified. A range of people who have experience and expertise in delivering or receiving services are engaged. The experiences they have are shared and captured with specific attention to how they feel at each step and any ideas they may have for improvement.

We are also capturing consumer experiences that may not have been good. We are gathering ideas for improvement, asking those intricately involved in the care: “How did it make you feel?” and also what ideas they have to improve the service.

Co-design enables us to:

  • explore experiences, which helps us to better understand the root cause of the problem – people feel more engaged with the solution if they understand the problem
  • engage and build partnerships between staff and consumers from the start
  • better utilise all of the expertise available to us, especially from consumers and staff.

Lynne emphasised the importance of considering appropriate combinations of tools to capture experiences. Surveys provide excellent high-level understanding. This can be enhanced by even a short face-to-face discussion which provides much more depth about the experience.

“This storytelling also be very cathartic – people like to feel listened to – it can be therapeutic for patients to tell their story to get it off their chest and feel heard.”

She said capturing the evocative emotions from interviews with patients was key and could reveal subtexts.

In co-design, we are particularly listening for words that depict emotion: ‘In reception I was scared, but by the time the nurse came to talk to me I felt more comfortable’.

The data we capture helps us to map the care journey from multiple perspectives.

“The maps visually represent the story.

“Co-design is about turning experience into action and this results in improvement. It helps to draw out what is happening.”

She said this is a positive way to enable healing and build confidence and competence in health care services.

“Co-design helps to create a health service that can truly be known as world class.”

The Commission is committed to using co-design; a tool which is integral to its programmes.

You can find out more about co-design here: www.hqsc.govt.nz/partners-in-care/work-programmes/co-design/.

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Night work at State Highway 2 Te Puna and Omokoroa

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Night work at State Highway 2 Te Puna and Omokoroa

The pre-planned interim safety improvement work will take place at Barrett and Plummers Point Roads and Snodgrass and Te Puna Quarry Roads. It will involve installing new road markings and lane marker posts to slow people down and show where the correct lanes are.

The agency says the work will be carried out at night from Monday 12 March (7pm to 6am) to reduce the inconvenience to road users and should take at least two nights to complete.

Similar intersection improvements were made at the Omokoroa Rd intersection.

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Detour in place as Dunedin’s Southern motorway is made safer

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Detour in place as Dunedin’s Southern motorway is made safer

The NZ Transport Agency says the detour will take northbound traffic via the Mosgiel off-ramp and on-ramp, and is expected to add up to five minutes to the normal travel time.

People are advised to follow the detour signs and drive with extra care and attention.

Traffic heading south towards the airport will not be detoured however speed restrictions will be in place.

From 7pm on Sunday, all traffic will again be detoured off the state highway via Riccarton Road to allow contractors to continue work on other parts of the project. This full detour will continue until mid-March, weather dependent.

The work is part of the SH1 Dunedin to Mosgiel safety upgrade that will see safety barriers installed and others extended, and high performance road markings put in place along the route to help reduce head-on and run off road crashes.

More information about the project can be found at www.nzta.govt.nz/sh1-dunedin-to-mosgiel

How to stay up to date:

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Kaikōura SH1 closed south of the town after 2 pm – small slip near Rosy Morn, 3 km south of Peketa

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Kaikōura SH1 closed south of the town after 2 pm – small slip near Rosy Morn, 3 km south of Peketa

A small slip, around 20 cubic metres of material, has covered the highway after a morning of steady rain. The slip, labelled 29A, is 3 km south of Peketa and just north of Rosy Morn (a site which originally slipped in the September 2010 earthquake). Slip 29A also caused problems last Easter after heavy rain, requiring a road realignment, still being completed.

The highway is not likely to reopen today, says NCTIR Network Operations Manager Tresca Forrester. “The geotechnical team will assess the site’s safety later today and first thing in the morning before deciding on whether or not the road can reopen tomorrow morning. The safety of our crews and road users is the priority here.”

  • The next update will be 8am Saturday at this site: www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz/traffic/regions/11
  • Drivers on the Picton to Christchurch route are encouraged to take the Lewis Pass road for the remainder of today and check the web for an update tomorrow morning after 8am.
  • The highway north of Kaikōura remains open.
  • Travellers between Christchurch and Kaikōura should use the Inland Road via Waiau (Route 70), which is open 24/7, but be aware there will be delays through this route with more traffic on it this afternoon.

*Residents living within this soft cordon at Leader Road, south of the slip, will have access to their homes.

Ways to find out what is happening on the highway network:

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The ripple effect

Source: Health Quality and Safety Commission – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: The ripple effect

Partners in Care

Ngāti Kahu Ki Whaingaroa, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki

Te Rina Ruru’s life changed the morning her brother Ray had a car accident which left him with a traumatic brain injury. She was 16 at the time and struggled to cope. Te Rina shared her story at the Health Quality & Safety Commission’s Let’s talk forum on 8–9 March in Wellington.

“I remember walking into the hospital, the corridors were dark and there was a sense of foreboding in the air. Our beautiful brother lay peacefully in a silent room. We didn’t understand what the doctor was talking about. To us he looked perfect. Despite what he looked like on the outside, the real injury was inside,” recalls Te Rina.

“They called it a traumatic brain injury, but no one sat us down and explained what that meant.”

The family had no idea what to expect in the coming months; Ray spent three months in hospital and five months in rehabilitation.

At the rehabilitation unit, the whānau didn’t want to leave Ray alone, as he had been hit by other patients in the night and left too long without basic cares. So they juggled their lives, from work and studying to child care and being with Ray at the centre. However, there were real concerns about their own safety from other patients who would be physically and sexually abusive towards them when they visited. The whānau were left to manage alone so they made the difficult decision to take Ray home.

Home brought new and unforeseen challenges. Ray is a 6’3” 120 kg wheel-chair bound, non-verbal man. He slept in the lounge and her mother in a Lay-Z-Boy beside him, with her sister and two children in one room and Te Rina in the other. They shared Ray’s 24/7 care, with various home-based support workers coming into help.

Te Rina says her mother was under immense pressure; while worrying about her son, she was also trying to keep the family afloat, trying to maintain the mortgage payments, feed the whānau, support them and navigate the health system.

They were labelled ‘a difficult family’ because they demanded a high standard of care for Ray.

“Was it too much to ask,” says Te Rina “to ask for care workers to be trained in washing and caring for my brother and for counselling support for the children and my mother?”

The family’s focus shifted to Ray’s needs and as a result everyone’s lives were impacted. They all tried to carry on, but were struggling under the pressure.

After the accident everything changed. Her brother was her biggest support and suddenly she had to be his – it was like the floor had been pulled out from beneath her.

Te Rina struggled under the pressure and turned to self-harm as a way to cope.

“One night it got really bad – I was home alone and all I could do was think, my brother was different, my mother was different, I felt so alone. I walked into the kitchen, opened the draw and grabbed the biggest butcher knife I could. I was drenched in blood on the kitchen floor. I knew I couldn’t do anything else… I knew I couldn’t do that to my family, they had been through enough.”

Instead, her response has been to learn as much as she can about the health system, even going to university to study.

She has also become an advocate for whānau going through the impact of living with a family member’s trauma. Her family established the Brain Injury Support Network to support family/whānau going through similar trauma, and started a new initiative, Camp Unity for children and young people working through trauma and low self-esteem to build healing communities.

Te Rina’s dedication to her brother and whānau shows through the ongoing care of her brother at home. Her plea is for more support for family/whānau as they are adjusting to their loved one being a changed person with new and challenging demands, which are not just emotional, but can significantly change the dynamic of the family through the ongoing dedication of time, resources, 24/7 availability and care.

As a family they didn’t get counselling or advice on how to help each other or the larger whānau network.

“Ray’s daughter would visit every fortnight and one day my mum and I were sitting talking to her about how we could all go camping,” says Te Rina.

“I looked down and saw scars on her arms and legs.”

Te Rina had many thoughts racing through her head: ’has my beautiful niece been going through this alone?’ ‘Is this my fault?’ “I felt like our world was shattered again.”
It took Te Rina a while to realise she wasn’t that 16-year-old any more. Over the last ten years she has met many children who were self-harming. There were so many other families and so many other children who were or still are battling with the same challenges.

This led her to establish Camp Unity, alongside friend and counsellor Char Rain, to support children and young people experiencing self-harm and trauma.

Te Rina talks about ‘the ripple effect’.

“People don’t really talk about the ripple effect, the effect of trauma across the whole whānau, like the ripples in a pond. This was the inspiration to create Camp Unity which brings vulnerable children together in a safe and secure environment where they are free to be themselves.

They have made it their mission to empower every child to have a voice. Camp Unity develops strength and unity and forms healthy relationships, teaching children to understand their individuality and develop their self-worth.

“They arrived broken, they were totally different, and now they can’t wait for the next camp.”

Te Rina challenged delegates at the forum to think about the consumers and family/whānau going through their services right now. She asked “What can you do to alleviate some of the burdens of the health system right now so that, instead of fighting the health system they can heal with each other?”

She ended to a standing ovation.

More information about the Brain Injury Support Network and Camp Unity is available at www.facebook.com/NZBrainInjurySupportNetwork and www.facebook.com/CampUnity01.

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Sri Lanka – State of Emergency

Source: New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Safe Travel – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Sri Lanka – State of Emergency

On 6 March 2018, the Sri Lankan Government declared a nationwide State of Emergency due to incidents of communal unrest. The State of Emergency provides authorities with increased powers to search individuals, impose roadblocks and curfews, and to limit public gatherings. Access to social messaging networks may be restricted. We advise New Zealanders in Sri Lanka to follow the advice and directions of local authorities. Exercise vigilance throughout the country and avoid all protests, demonstrations and large public gatherings as they have the potential to turn violent with little warning.

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Auckland overnight motorway closures 10-17 March 2018

Source: New Zealand Transport Agency – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Auckland overnight motorway closures 10-17 March 2018

Check daily updated closure information

NORTHERN MOTORWAY (SH1)

  • Southbound lanes between Oteha Valley Road off ramp and Upper Harbour Highway on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Oteha Valley Road southbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • McClymonts Road southbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Greville Road southbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Northbound lanes between Upper Harbour Highway off ramp and Oteha Valley Road on ramp, 11 – 15 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Upper Harbour Highway northbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Greville Road northbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March

CENTRAL MOTORWAY JUNCTION (SH1 & SH16)

  • (SH1) Northbound lanes between Khyber Pass Road off ramp and Nelson Street on ramp, 14 March (approx. 10:30p.m. to 5:00a.m.)

SOUTHERN MOTORWAY (SH1)

  • Greenlane northbound on ramp, 12 March
  • Greenlane northbound off ramp, 14 March
  • Ellerslie-Panmure Highway southbound off ramp, 11 – 15 March (approx. 11:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Tecoma Street southbound off ramp, 11 – 15 March (approx. 11:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Tecoma Street southbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Hill Road northbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Northbound lanes between Manukau off ramp and East Tamaki Road on ramp, 12 – 13 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Te Irirangi Drive northbound on ramp, 12 – 13 March
  • Redoubt Road northbound on ramp, 12 – 13 March
  • Northbound lanes between Papakura off ramp and Takanini on ramp, 14 – 15 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Papakura northbound on ramp, 14 – 15 March
  • Papakura northbound (diamond) on ramp, 14 – 15 March
  • Southbound lanes between Takanini off ramp and Papakura on ramp, 11 – 15 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Takanini southbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • SH22/Drury northbound off ramp, 14 March
  • SH22/Drury southbound on ramp, 14 March
  • Razorback Road northbound on ramp, 12 March
  • Razorback Road southbound off ramp, 11 March
  • Ridge Road northbound off ramp, 12 March
  • Nikau Road southbound on ramp, 11 March
  • SH1 Northbound to SH2 Eastbound Link, 12 – 13 & 15 March
  • SH1 Southbound to SH2 Eastbound Link, 11 & 14 March
  • SH2 Westbound to SH1 Northbound Link, 11 – 12 March
  • Pokeno northbound on ramp, 12 – 13 March

NORTHWESTERN MOTORWAY (SH16)

  • SH16 southbound link to SH20, (including SB Waterview tunnel), 14 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • SH16 westbound link to SH20, (including SB Waterview tunnel), 14 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Southbound lanes between Brigham Creek Road roundabout and Lincoln Road on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Hobsonville Road southbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Royal Road southbound on ramp, 11 – 15 March
  • Royal Road northbound off ramp, 11 March
  • Great North Road westbound off ramp, 12 – 13 March

UPPER HARBOUR MOTORWAY (SH18)

  • SH18 westbound to SH16 eastbound link, 11 – 15 March

SOUTHWESTERN MOTORWAY (SH20)

  • Northbound lanes between Maioro Street and SH16, (including NB Waterview tunnel), 12 – 13
  • Maioro Street northbound on ramp, 12 – 13 March
  • Coronation Road northbound off ramp, 12 March
  • Northbound lanes between Cavendish Drive off ramp and Massey Road on ramp, 11 & 14 – 15 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Puhinui Road northbound on ramp, 11 & 14 – 15 March
  • Roscommon Road northbound on ramp, 11 & 14 – 15 March
  • SH20 northbound to SH20A westbound link, 15 March
  • Southbound lanes between SH20A and Massey Road, 11 March (approx. 11:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Walmsley Road southbound on ramp, 11 March
  • Southbound lanes between Lambie Drive and SH1, 12 – 13 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Lambie Drive southbound on ramp, 12 – 13 March

GEORGE BOLT MEMORIAL DRIVE (SH20A)

  • Southbound lanes between Kirkbride Road off ramp and Kirkbride Road on ramp, 11 – 12 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Southbound lanes between Kirkbride Road off ramp and Landing Drive/Verissimo Drive, 13 – 17 March (approx. 10:00p.m. to 5:00a.m.)
  • Kirkbride Road southbound on ramp, 13 – 17 March
  • Northbound lanes between Landing Drive/Verissimo Drive and Kirkbride Road on ramp, 11 – 13 & 16 March (approx. 10:30p.m. to 5:00a.m.)

Please follow the signposted detours. The Transport Agency thanks you for your co-operation during these essential improvements and maintenance.

For updates on state highway conditions and hazards visit: www.journeys.nzta.govt.nz
Auckland roads and public transport: www.at.govt.nz

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