Episode

Calls for improvements to fatal intersection gaining momentum

Podcast
Checkpoint
Published
Jun 12, 2026
Duration seconds
480
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2019039033/calls-for-improvements-to-fatal-intersection-gaining-momentum
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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.