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'Connect the north to Auckland': Construction begins on Warkworth-Te Hana Motorway

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Fri, 30 Oct 2026, 4:33pm
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The Warkworth-Te Hana section of the Northland Corridor will connect to the Pūhoi-Warkworth motorway, which opened in 2023.

Ground has been broken on one of the Government's biggest infrastructure projects. 

The Warkworth-Te Hana motorway is a 26km 4 lane highway that the government says will 'connect the north to Auckland.'

Transport Minister Chris Bishop told Heather du Plessis-Allan that the motorway will be, "big for Northland, big for Auckland too, actually, and, big for the government."

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