Drivers heading to or from Aoraki/ Mt Cook this evening
on SH80, alongside Lake Pukaki, are advised to delay travel
until the highway reopens.
There was a serious two-car
crash just north of the intersection with SH8 mid-afternoon,
near the southern end of the lake. Police have closed the
highway. There is no other road into Aoraki/ Mt
Cook.
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