A lawyer for a drink-driving sportswoman urged a judge to let her off partly because she was a Maori who grew up poor but managed to excel in her field despite her hardship.

A motorcyclist who suffered life-threatening brain injuries after he crashed during a police pursuit says officers are not to blame - despite a highly critical report.

A long-serving traffic officer says a judge's decision to discharge a drink-driving sportswoman without conviction has made a mockery of the system and undermined police.

Police are considering appealing a judge's decision to discharge a sportswoman on drink-driving charges.

A woman caught driving while allegedly almost three-and-a-half times over the legal alcohol limit had two small children in the car, horrifying police who stopped her.

A Queen's Counsel has blasted a judge who gave a drink-driving sportswoman a discharge without conviction, saying the decision "condones" her criminal behaviour.

Parents who drive drunk with children in the car should be reported for child abuse, says a child advocate.

The number of people dobbing in dodgy drivers has decreased since cellphone use while driving was banned three years ago.

The terrifying moment when a skateboarder crashed at high speed in front of a car which had been towing him has been caught on film.

A local politician from a leafy, well-to-do village has been charged with drink-driving and refusing to accompany a police officer.

Learner and restricted drivers will no longer be able to put off their graduation to a full licence after the Government announced plans to set a five-year time limit.

The proposal to lower the blood-alcohol limit for driving from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg dates back to at least 2001.

Police have waived 112 fines for drivers using cellphones since the ban came into place.

Police are reminding drivers to refrain from driving if they have been drinking and drive within the speed limits after a 22-year-old man was killed last night on the roads.

A week-long police crackdown on cellphone driving offences has seen a surge in the issuing of tickets. Police dished out 790 tickets nationally during the seven-day blitz last month, pushing the November total to 1736. October's total was 1156.

A Tauranga mother caught drink-driving with her four children in the car after she drove through a check-point, almost hitting a police officer, has avoided jail.

A judge has thrown out a drink-driving charge against a Westport lawyer because police gained evidence unfairly.