Proposal for temporary closure of road/street to ordinary vehicular traffic - Targa
22 Jul 2025, 11:00 AM
PURSUANT to the Local Government Act 1974 (Schedule 10) Regulations 1974, notice is hereby given that the Waitomo District Council, for the purpose of the Targa Rally Motorsport Event 2025 proposes to temporarily close the following roads/streets to ordinary vehicular traffic for the periods indicated:
Targa Rally event 2025
Date: Thursday 16 October 2025
Stage Name: SS15 Kawhia Harbour
Period of Closure: 2.35pm to 7.05pm
Streets/Roads:
Start on: Harbour Road 400m from its intersection with Kawhia Road
- Past Te Kauri Road (no exit)
- Past Berntsen Road (no exit)
- Past Kihi Road (no exit)
- Past Hauturu Road
- Past Rakaunui Road (no exit)
- Past Whenuaapo Road (no exit)
- Past Waipuna Road (no exit)
- Past Owhiro Road (no exit)
- Past Waitaumanu Way (no exit)
- Past Kowhainui Rise (no exit)
- Past Willow Point Road (no exit)
- Past Brown Road
- Left onto Te Waitere Road
- Left onto Taharoa Road
- Past Taumatatotara West Road (no exit)
- Past Taumatatotara East Road (no exit)
Finish on: Taharoa Road 150m before the intersection with Te Anga and Marokopa Roads.
Date: Thursday 16 October 2025
Stage Name: SS16 Marokopa – Awakino
Period of Closure: 3.50pm – 8.20pm
Start on: Mangatoa Road 200m before the start of tarmac approximately 4 kms after Pomarangai Road
- Past Waikawau Road (no exit)
- Onto Manganui Road
- Past Crawford Road (No Exit)
- Past Ordish Road (No Exit)
Finish on: Manganui Road 150m before the intersection with Taumatamaire Road.
Alternative Routes: No Alternative routes are provided, and access is restricted as per letter drop to affected residents.
Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of objection and grounds thereof in writing, before 5pm on Friday 5 September 2025 at the office of Waitomo District Council, 15 Queen Street, Te Kūiti.