Paparoa Oakleigh Road will have a full 24-hour closure, including weekends, between 3208 and 3065 Paparoa Oakleigh Road, from 6am on Wednesday 2 September.

Our regular update on roading maintenance activities across Kaipara District.

Our regular update on roading maintenance activities across Kaipara District.

Safer, more resilient roads are now in place across Kaipara as the district's largest-ever slip repair programme nears completion.

Mangawhai Road between Coal Hill Road and Cames Road will be under a 24/7 closure from 6am on Saturday 20 June until 6pm on Sunday 5 July, to allow road crews to make urgent repairs at the slip site. 

From this week, you’ll start to see new signs going up outside schools across the district as safer speed limits are rolled out. 

With reseals and rehabilitations programmed for the 2025/2026 year completed by the end of April, in May the roading teams focussed on routine maintenance and getting a head start on next year’s programme of works.  

Work to build resilience into the middle section of Cames Road in Mangawhai is now complete.  

A rebuild project is set to begin on Huarau Road, with crews preparing to restore a major culvert.

Road rehabilitations were completed for Victoria Street in Dargaville and Lawrence / Valley Road Intersection in Mangawhai this month, marking the end of two significant pieces of rehabilitation work for the roading teams. With these projects complete, investigation and testing for design of the upcoming financial year’s rehabilitation sites begins. 

Kaipara District Council has introduced immediate load restrictions on the Hakaru bridge on Kaiwaka–Mangawhai Road to keep the community safe and protect the bridge structure.

Work to extend the Mangawhai Heads surf beach carpark kicks off 18 May.