One of the first things you learn in journalism is that a hoax is not news, John Roughan writes.

Summer holidays are coming but Eli and Wyndi Tagi won't be expecting to switch off their phones.

Auckland Council is under fire from business groups to speed-up work and funding for an east-west road freight corridor between Mt Wellington and Onehunga.

Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.

The Government intends to give control of transport in the Super City to a largely unelected board.

Business confidence in the country's biggest economic powerhouse has dipped again.