Motorway maintenance this week
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has advised that maintenance work will be taking place on motorways across Auckland this week.
Check the list below to find out if you'll be affected.
HARBOUR BRIDGE:
State Highway 1 (SH1) Auckland Harbour Bridge from Sunday 3 to Thursday 7 November between 9pm and 5am.
There will be lane restrictions on the centre lanes. At least two lanes in each direction will be available.
Traffic Management: Traffic will still be able to travel in both directions across the bridge.
There may be increased noise levels as the team carry out bridge maintenance.
NORTHERN MOTORWAY (SH1)
Southbound lanes between Constellation Drive off-ramp and Tristram Avenue on-ramp, 4 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
Northbound lanes between Tristram Avenue off-ramp and Constellation Drive on-ramp, 6-7 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
Onewa southbound on-ramp, 3 November (approx. 2:00am to 3:00pm)
Curran Street northbound on-ramp, 3 November (approx. 2:00am to 3:00pm)
Shelly Beach Road southbound off-ramp, 3 November (approx. 2:00am to 3:00pm)
CENTRAL MOTORWAY JUNCTION (CMJ)
Fanshawe Street southbound off-ramp, 3 November (approx. 2:00am to 3:00pm)
Symonds Street southbound on-ramp, 7 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
SOUTHERN MOTORWAY (SH1)
Hill Road southbound off-ramp, 5-7 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
Northbound lanes between Papakura off-ramp and Redoubt Road on-ramp, 3-4 November (approx. 9:30pm to 5:00am)o SH1 northbound to SH20 northbound link, 3-4 November (approx. 9:30pm to 5:00am):
- Hill Road northbound on-ramp, 3-4 November
- Takanini northbound on-ramp, 3-7 November
- Papakura (Diamond) northbound on-ramp, 3-4 November
- Papakura (Loop) northbound on-ramp, 3-4 November
Southbound lanes between Papakura off-ramp and Ramarama on-ramp, 3-7 November
- Papakura (Loop) southbound on-ramp, 3-7 November
- Papakura (Diamond) southbound on-ramp, 3-7 November
- Drury/SH22 southbound on-ramp, 3-7 November
Northbound lanes between Ramarama off-ramp and Papakura on-ramp, 5-7 November
- Drury/SH22 northbound on-ramp, 5-7 November
- Ramarama northbound on-ramp, 5-7 November
Bombay southbound off-ramp, 3-7 November
Bombay northbound off-ramp, 3-7 November
Northbound lanes between Pokeno off-ramp and Razorback Road on-ramp, 3-4 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
- SH1 northbound to SH2 eastbound link, 3-4 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
- Pokeno northbound on-ramp, 3-4 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
SOUTHWESTERN MOTORWAY (SH20)
Southbound lanes between Maioro Street off-ramp and Hillsborough Road on-ramp, 7 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
- Maioro Street southbound on-ramp, 7 November
- Dominion Road southbound on-ramp, 7 November
Dominion Road northbound off-ramp, 3-6 November
Southbound lanes between Hillsborough Road off-ramp and Neilson Street on-ramp, 6 November
- Hillsborough Road southbound on-ramp, 6 November
- Queenstown Road southbound on-ramp, 6 November
Southbound lanes between Mahunga Drive off-ramp and Massey Road on-ramp, 3-5 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
- Walmsley Road southbound on-ramp, 3-5 & 7 November
- SH20 southbound to SH20A southbound link, 3-5 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
SH20 southbound to SH1 northbound link, 3-4 November (approx. 10:00pm to 5:00am)
Please follow the signposted detours. NZ Transport Agency thanks you for your co-operation during these essential improvements and maintenance.
Christmas Eve busiest shopping day of the year with more than 500,000 sales
Busiest shopping day of the year
Peak time 12 noon-1 pm - 563,303 transactions
Per second peak - 167 transactions
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Number of sales beats Black Friday, but lowest Christmas Eve in six years
Christmas Eve has been the busiest shopping day of the year with 9,745 sales a minute at its peak.
Payments company Worldline says noon to 1pm saw 563,303 sales recorded on its network, down by about 7 percent on a year ago.
The company's network covers about three-quarters of the electronic terminals in operation.
Worldline did not have a dollar value for spending, but the peak number of transactions was the lowest for the past six years and well shy of the record 679,436 in 2019, before the pandemic.
Earlier this month it noted rising sales in the first three weeks of the month, but they remained 1.3 percent lower than 2024, with most parts of the country trailing the previous year's spending.
Official data from Stats NZ to the end of November showed a small rise in spending on the previous month, to 1.6 percent higher for the year.
Retail spending has been subdued as households have remained cautious because of high prices and a slow benefit from lower interest rates, and as well as concerns about the soft labour market.
However, recent surveys have shown improving consumer sentiment with ANZ bank's monthly report showing confidence at its highest level in four years.
Boxing Day is traditionally the country's favourite shopping day, but with Black Friday spending also softer this year the amount going through retailers' terminals may also be down on a year ago.
Adding a dampener to consumer spending may be the recent rises in longer term fixed mortgage rates because of higher wholesale rates.
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