Episode
Calls for improvements to fatal intersection gaining momentum
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- Checkpoint
- Published
- Jun 12, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 480
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Summary
A nurse is calling for improvements to a fatal intersection on a popular holiday highway between Auckland and the Coromandel. There have been a number of fatal and serious injury accidents at the intersection of SH25 and Hauraki Road, known as Orongo corner. Local nurse Fiona Lagae is pushing for a review and remodel of the blackspot and spoke to Lisa Owen.