4 Dec 2025
Did the IKEA traffic chaos eventuate?
Auckland commuters spotted digital motorway signs with warnings to beware traffic delays with IKEA opening in Auckland this morning. The Swedish homeware store takes up a whole block in Mount Wellington. Traffic forecasts showed worst case scenarios of 40-minute delays just to get off the motorways and a special traffic team was in place monitoring the situation. Auckland Transport Operation Centre manager Claire Howard spoke to Lisa Owen.