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Summer Holiday Congestion hot spots

North Island
SH2 Waihi between Paeroa and Katikati

The tables below provide a snapshot of highway


routes, dates and times where traffic congestion was
particularly heavy during the 2013/14 Christmas-New
Year holiday period.
Its likely that congestion will be similarly heavy on
these dates and times this coming holiday period, and
we advise motorists to consider avoiding travel during
the times of heaviest congestion, listed in bold type
below.
For more information or assistance please phone
0800 4 HIGHWAYS or go to www.nzta.govt.nz.

1N

10

12

12

14

Whangarei
15A

SH1 Wellsford
dates

time

North

26 December

9am 6pm Heaviest 10am 3pm

North

27 December

8am - 7pm Extreme 4pm 7pm

North

28 December

9am 5pm Heaviest 2pm 5pm

North

29 December

10am 5pm Heaviest 12pm 3pm

North

30 December

9am 6pm Heaviest 1pm 5pm

North

31 December

11am 7pm Heaviest 2pm 5pm

North

1 January

10am 3pm Heaviest 10am 11am

North

2 January

10am 6pm Heaviest 10am 11am


and 5pm 6pm

North

3 January

1N
20

Auckland

26 December

11am 1pm

South

27 December

10am 4pm

South

28 December

10am 5pm Heaviest 11am 3pm

South

29 December

11am 6pm Heaviest 12pm 2pm

South

30 December

10am 5pm Heaviest 11am 3pm

South

31 December

11am 2pm

South

1 January

10am 6pm Heaviest 12pm 4pm

South

2 January

10am 8pm Extreme 12pm 5pm

South

3 January

10am 7pm Extreme 1pm 3pm

25

22

time

East

25 December

11am 12pm

East

26 December

11am 6pm Heaviest 12pm 3pm

East

27 December

11am - 4pm Heaviest 1pm 4pm

East

28 December

10am 5pm Heaviest 12pm 3pm

East

29 December

12pm 2pm and 3pm 4pm

East

30 December

11am 5pm Heaviest 12pm 3pm

East

31 December

11am 7pm Heaviest 12pm 1pm


and 2pm 5pm

East

1 January

Midday 2pm

East

2 January

East

3 January

26

time

North

26 December

11am 4pm

11am 4pm Heaviest 12pm 2pm

North

27 December

11am - 6pm Heaviest 11am 3pm

11am 4pm

North

28 December

10am 4pm Heaviest 1pm 2pm

29 December

11am 3pm

West

26 December

10am 12pm

West

27 December

10am 12pm

North

30 December

11am 4pm

West

28 December

11am 12pm and 2pm 3pm

North

2 January

11am 2pm

West

29 December

10am 3pm Heaviest 11am 12pm

North

3 January

11am 12pm

West

30 December

11am 1pm

South

27 December

1pm 4pm

29 December

1pm 3pm

West

1 January

11am 7pm Extreme 2pm 5pm

South

West

2 January

10am 7pm Extreme 11am 1pm


and 2 pm 5pm

South

30 December

12pm 3pm

South

2 January

11am 6pm Heaviest 12pm 4pm

West

3 January

10am 5pm Heaviest 11am 3pm

South

3 January

11am 5pm Heaviest 12pm 2pm

SH2 Norsewood between Hastings and Woodville SH3


35

1N
32

5
3

32
2

New Plymouth

dates

Hamilton
31

direction

Tauranga

23

41
4

Gisborne

2
45

1N

Napier
4
3

SH3 Te Kuiti between Otorohanga and 8 Mile Junction SH3 / SH4


direction

dates

time

North

27 December

11am - 3pm

North

28 December

12pm 1pm

North

29 December

11am 2pm

North

30 December

11am 2pm

North

2 January

12pm 1pm

North

3 January

11am 1pm

South

27 December

12pm 4pm

South

2 January

1pm 3pm

14-295

Wanganui
3

54
2

Palmerston North

direction

dates

time

North

26 December

11am 6pm Heaviest 1pm 3pm

North

27 December

11am - 6pm Heaviest 11am 4pm

North

28 December

11am 4pm

North

29 December

11am 4pm

North

30 December

11am 4pm

North

31 December

2pm 4pm

North

2 January

10am 3pm

South

26 December

11am 12pm

South

27 December

10am 1pm

South

28 December

11am 1pm

South

29 December

11am 1pm

South

30 December

10am 1pm

South

1 January

2pm 5pm

South

2 January

11am 5pm Heaviest 11am 1pm

South

3 January

10am 4pm Heaviest 11am 1pm

1N
2
1N

SH1 between Waiouru and Taihape

North

10am 6pm Heaviest 12pm 4pm

South

dates

1N

1N

direction

direction

53

Wellington

SH2 Rimutaka Hill between Wellington and Featherston

SH2 Tangoio between SH5 and Wairoa

direction

dates

time

direction

dates

time

North

25 December

10am - 2pm

North

27 December

10am - 1pm

North

1 January

11am - 1pm

North

28 December

11am 2pm

North

2 January

4pm 7pm

South

1 January

12pm 3pm

South

2 January

9am 1pm peaking at 10am - 12pm

South

2 January

12pm 1pm

Summer Holiday Congestion hot spots


South Island
SH1 Kaikoura

The tables below provide a snapshot of highway routes, dates


and times where traffic congestion was particularly heavy
during the 2013/14 Christmas-New Year holiday period.
Its likely that congestion will be similarly heavy on these
dates and times this coming holiday period, and we advise
motorists to consider avoiding travel during the times of
heaviest congestion.
For more information or assistance please phone
0800 4 HIGHWAYS or go to www.nzta.govt.nz.

60

Nelson

63

Blenheim

6
6

SH6 between Nelson and Blenheim


time

East

27 December

10am 11am

East

2 January

10am 11am and 4pm 5pm

East

3 January

10am 12pm

West

27 December

11am 12pm and 2pm 3pm

West

28 December

Greymouth

12pm 3pm

North

28 December

12pm 3pm

South

2 January

12pm 3pm

South

3 January

12pm 3pm

direction

dates

time

West

27 December

10am 1pm

East

2 January

12pm 1pm

East

2 January

2pm 4pm

Arthurs Pass

SH1 Waimakariri between Christchurch and Kaiapoi


time

North

25 December

11am-1pm

North

26 December

11am 1pm

2pm 3pm

North

27 December

11am - 5pm Heaviest 3pm 5pm

North

30 December

3pm 5pm

North

31 December

1pm 5pm

North

3 January

2pm 6pm Heaviest 4pm 6pm

South

25 December

11am 1pm

South

26 December

10am 1pm

South

27 December

11am 1pm

South

3 January

11am 1pm

2pm 3pm

West

30 December

2pm 3pm

West

2 January

11am 12pm and 2pm 3pm

73

71
77

Christchurch

73
75

11am 1pm and 2pm 3pm


80

SH7 Lewis Pass

direction

dates

time

West

27 December

10am 2pm Heaviest 11am 1pm

West

28 December

11am 2pm

East

2 January

1pm 3pm

1S
6

78

Timaru
8

SH1 between Christchurch and Ashburton

83

84 8A

2pm 4pm
94

Queenstown
6A

83
6

85
1S

6
95

94

8
87

97

88

96
1S
93
98
99

Invercargill
1S

14-295

27 December

dates

29 December

3 January

North

direction

West

East

1S

dates

3 January

time

direction

West

dates

62

67A

direction

86

Dunedin

direction

dates

time

North

25 December

11am - 12pm and 4pm 5pm

North

26 December

10am 3pm Heaviest 11am 1pm

North

27 December

10am - 5pm Heaviest 11am 1pm

North

28 December

11am 1pm

North

30 December

11am 4pm

North

2 January

11am 7pm Heaviest 4pm 6pm

North

3 January

9am 6pm Heaviest 3pm 6pm

South

25 December

10am 1pm

South

26 December

10am 5pm Heaviest 10am 1pm

South

27 December

9am 6pm Heaviest 10am 1pm

South

28 December

10am 2pm

South

29 December

10am 2pm

South

30 December

11am 2pm and 2pm to 5pm

South

31 December

12pm 5pm

South

3 January

10am 5pm

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