Despite most people heading back to work tomorrow, the last run of holidaymakers heading home to Auckland has resulted in smooth traffic.
Motorists were warned earlier today to expect heavy traffic heading back into the city as thousands of Kiwis head home from their summer breaks.
According to the NZ Transport Agency, State Highway 1 into Auckland from both the north and south was likely to become busy by 11am and heavily congested between midday and 4pm.
Those coming from the far north were expected to hit the traffic earlier than most as the southbound traffic around Whangarei was tipped to get busy from the early morning and heavily congested around 10am.
However, commuters travelling through Warkworth - one of Northland's most notorious areas for bad traffic - have reported "very little traffic at Warkworth", a clear run heading north, and traffic "moving nicely" southbound as well.