{"id":16293,"date":"2026-01-14T20:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16293"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T07:03:16","slug":"auckland-transport-bus-crashes-into-power-pole-damages-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=16293","title":{"rendered":"Auckland Transport bus crashes into power pole, damages building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Auckland Transport bus has crashed into a power pole, causing the pole to fall and damage a building.<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers were in attendance at the crash at the intersection of Neville Street and Portage Road in New Lynn.<\/p>\n<p>Auckland Transport said the bus wasn&#8217;t in service and no passengers were on the bus when it crashed, and investigations are underway.<\/p>\n<p>Photos from the scene show a traffic light pole has also been pulled down from the impact of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>The crash, which has also seen damage to the Green Bay Auctions building, was reported about 4.30pm on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--MaZX6SR_--\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1768367886\/4JUSZXX_614411032_740663365334306_6088870420498705717_n_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A bus has collided with a power pole in New Lynn, causing damage to Green Bay Auctions.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied \/ Green Bay Auctions<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The bus driver has not been seriously injured, however the pole is currently leaning against a vacant building.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Traffic is being diverted away from a section of Portage Road as lines contractors are deployed to make the scene safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police said traffic was being diverted from a section of Portage Road as lines contractors work to make the scene safe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-half photo-right four_col \">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--HdPFmjGQ--\/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_576\/v1768367886\/4JUSZXX_611226268_2112568516251081_6322092429245028903_n_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A bus has collided with a power pole in New Lynn, causing damage to Green Bay Auctions.\" width=\"576\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied \/ Green Bay Auctions<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Police are at intersections with Clark Street and Hill Crescent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please avoid the area if at all possible while the scene is cleared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Green Bay Auctions said they would be needing a new sign.<\/p>\n<p>They were glad no one had been serious hurt in the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.rnztools.nz\/rnz\/image\/upload\/s--WeQdBMP---\/ar_16:10,c_fill,f_auto,g_auto,q_auto,w_1050\/v1768367886\/4JUSZXX_613315318_1610879830085560_7939009632297044164_n_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD\" alt=\"A bus has collided with a power pole in New Lynn, causing damage to Green Bay Auctions.\" width=\"1050\" height=\"590\" \/><br \/>\n~ RNZ<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Auckland Transport bus has crashed into a power pole, causing the pole to fall and damage a building. Police said officers were in attendance at the crash at the intersection of Neville Street and Portage Road in New Lynn. Auckland Transport said the bus wasn&#8217;t in service and no passengers were on the bus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192,222,208,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-latest-news","category-lifestyle","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16293"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16296,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16293\/revisions\/16296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}