Canterbury's Woodend Bypass work to begin soon - NZTA

Caption:Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey (front, centre) checked in last year on progress with geotech work in preparation for the Woodend Bypass.Photo credit:North Canterbury News / David HillThe route of the proposed Woodend Bypass, to the east of Woodend.Supplied / Waka Kotahi NZ Transport AgencyImposing a toll on the planned Woodend Bypass is likely to increase traffic volumes on Williams Street, Kaiapoi.North Canterbury News / David Hill

Transport Minister Simeon Brown (right) announced the Woodend Bypass will go ahead, during a visit to Waimakariri in July, with Waimakariri MP and Associate Transport Minister Matt Doocey. Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News [LDR single use only]

Driver pay for the expressway. Man pays money to a cashier for a toll road toll gate motorway entrance.

Canterbury grass skinks, like this one at the Pāmu New Zealand farm at Eyrewell, near Oxford, have been found on the designated route for the Woodend Bypass.

Former West Coast Regional Council chairman and gold miner Allan Birchfield.

Shontelle Castledine was ordered to place anti-barking collars on her dogs, Karma (top) and Zeus.

Te Hā o Mātauranga has received funding to support young Kaikōura drivers.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - July 11: Official photography coverage of the visit to New Zealand by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Mark Tantrum/ http://marktantrum.com)

Three trampers were rescued in snowy conditions on Mt Taranaki.

US Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina questions US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine during a Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense hearing to examine the 2027 budget for the Department of Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)