A notorious road intersection, about an hour north of Auckland, is causing a string of issues for motorists and has become known as the worst intersection in the country.
Warkworth locals sick and tired of the accidents, congestion and reckless driving that happens for a large part of the day at the Hill Street intersection are taking matters into their own hands.
Grant McLachlan is so passionate about this section of State Highway One he's created web pages and even a T-shirt to explain what's going on.
"Welcome to the gateway to the north, the dreaded Hill St intersection," Mr McLachlan said while talking to TVNZ1's Seven Sharp at the intersection.
Mr McLachlan has studied the intersection and come up with some disturbing math.
"There are 57 turning combinations that can be done in this area, so many turning points in the vicinity," he said.
With over 32,000 vehicles travelling through the intersection each day it's easy to see why locals say they try to avoid it like the plague.
"It's shocking, me and my husband are in the fire brigade and we live on the other side and we just can't get through to some calls," one fed up local said.
While Mr McLachlan says he has come up with a plan to rework the intersection and solve the town's traffic woes, the council isn't onboard with it and are pinning their hopes on the Puhoi motorway extension to take pressure off the intersection.
Locals will have a few years to wait and see if this is the case, with the extension not scheduled to be complete until 2021.
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