Traffic is now moving freely after a 10 car pile-up on an Auckland motorway led to kilometres of traffic queues and suburban streets to a standstill.
People heading to the airport this morning were warned to allow extra time to catch their flights because of a multi-vehicle smash on the southwestern motorway just past the Mangere Bridge.
Fire Service northern communications shift manager Jaron Phillips said up to 10 vehicles were involved in the crash just before 7am on the south-bound stretch of motorway before the Walmsley Rd off-ramp.
Fire, police and ambulance were at the scene, which quickly turned into a traffic nightmare on the vital link to the airport.
