We all know how busy the roads can be around the Christmas and New Years, so the NZTA (New Zealand Transport Agency) has tried to ease the congestion this holiday period.
The NZTA are letting everyone know the hot spots to avoid across the country with an interactive map that lets you know when the roads are, 'free-flowing', 'busy' and at their 'heaviest'.
Here's the full list:
Auckland
SH1 - Takanini (South of Auckland)
SH2 - Maramarua (East of SH1/SH2 Interchange)
SH1 - between Puhoi and Wellsford
Bay of Plenty
SH29 - Kaimai (West of Tauranga)
SH2 - Between Tauranga and Katikati
SH2 - between Paeroa and Waihi
Canterbury
SH73 - Arthur's Pass
SH1 - between Ashburton and Christchurch
SH7 - Lewis Pass
SH1 - Waipara (North of Christchurch)
SH1 - Waimakariri
Manawatu-Wanganui
SH2 - Norsewood between Hastings and Woodville SH3
SH1 - between Taihape and Waiouru
Marlborough-Tasman
SH6 - Murchison
SH6 - between Nelson and Blenheim
SH63 - St Arnaud
Napier
SH5 - Te Pohue (North of Napier)
Northland
SH1 - Kawakawa (South of Paihia/Bay of Islands)
SH1 - Whangarei
Otago
SH6 - Queenstown
Waikato
SH1 - Taupiri (North of Hamilton)
SH1 - Karapiro (South of Cambridge)
Wellington
SH2 - Rimutaka Hill between Wellington and Featherston
SH1 - Kapiti Coast