NZ Bus makes an amended offer to drivers, averting tomorrow's industrial action.

Bus lanes will still be a no-go area for cars tomorrow, despite up to 70 per cent of Auckland's buses being off the road.

Manukau mayor Len Brown today officially confirmed he will run for the mayoralty of the new Auckland super city.

A new Super City transport agency will have responsibility for roading as well as buses, rail and ferries in the Auckland region.

Scientists have proved that slugs found on an Auckland beach are toxic but have not established what they have eaten to make them poisonous.