26 May 2023

Potholes leave Whangārei woman without drivable car

From Checkpoint, 5:46 pm on 26 May 2023

A cluster of potholes has left a Whangārei mum with an unusable car and a chunky repair bill after the thud of hitting them set an airbag off. And she would like the road maintenance contractors to cough up.

Earlier this month, Danielle Gaudin was driving north on State Highway 10 with her 4-onth-old son.

She was about 10 minutes out of Kerikeri when she says she had to swerve to miss a mini crater in the road, only to run straight into another cluster of potholes.

Danielle Gaudin and Kerikeri tyre shop's Robbie Edge speak to Lisa Owen.