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State Highway 1 has reopened on the eastern side of Lake Taupo between the intersection with SH41 and the intersection with Lake Terrace

8 March 2026

Traffic was being diverted most of the afternoon along the western side of Lake Taupo.

This was the result of a fatal crash early this afternoon.

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