The vehicle broke down near the intersection of Whareroa Rd and was blocking the southbound lanes and causing major delays in the area.

Waka Kotahi is urging drivers to be patient as traffic eases.

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24 Nov: Police have found a body in Christchurch's Lake Rua

24 Nov: Police are recovering a body in the water near Chapel Street in Tauranga

24 Nov: The search for a fisherman swept off the coast near Cape Reinga's getting back underway this morning

24 Nov: A search is resuming this morning, for a man reported missing from a lake, popular for swimming, in Christchurch's Harewood

24 Nov: The trucking industry says most vehicles are safe - but regulators need stronger powers to impound those that aren't

23 Nov: Authorities are continuing to search for a Tauranga man, who's been missing since Thursday night

23 Nov: Police and a fire investigator's at a nightclub on Auckland's Karangahape Road, after a blaze sparked up in the basement early this morning

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