It's due to an earlier crash at the Tawa Interchange.

Waka Kotahi says the road's been cleared but there's still heavy congestion for those heading towards Wellington.

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17 Sep: Firefighters are battling eight scrub fires across Canterbury

17 Sep: Two people are injured - one critically - following a two-vehicle crash in Auckland's Ellerslie

17 Sep: A person's been flown to Christchurch Hospital, in a moderate condition, after strong winds blew a small truck over onto an oncoming car, west of Ashburton, just after 1pm

17 Sep: A person's trapped in a car west of Ashburton, after a small truck was blown over by the wind and crashed into it on Arundel Rakaia Gorge Road, just after 1pm

17 Sep: One person has been critically injured, in a collision between a car and truck in Auckland's Silverdale

17 Sep: Two young people are being spoken to by police after a ram raid this morning in Wellington, and subsequent crash

16 Sep: Two people have suffered injuries after a two vehicle crash on State Highway one in Oamaru

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