Beleaguered singer George Michael has been placed in solitary confinement for his own safety after inmate taunts.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce is the latest MP to admit having criminal convictions.

A drunk driver who tried to reverse out of a police checkpoint was among 186 people busted on the first night of a two-day blitz.

A witness has described how an enraged driver put his foot down and "just went for it" in a road-rage incident that left a man with two smashed legs.

A man is in hospital with two broken legs after a road-rage incident that spiralled into a hit-and-run in inner Auckland.

Auckland City Council says it will now treat motorists more leniently and fairly and will push lawmakers to cut the $150 fines nearly in half.

A recidivist drink driver was today jailed for four years for killing a Northland mother while driving with nearly double the legal alcohol limit.

After a backlash over its overzealous issuing of bus lane fines, Auckland City Council today agreed to new initiatives "to ensure a fair and reasonable approach" to bus lane enforcement.

A drunk teenager on his restricted licence stunned police after he was caught doing 177km/h and carrying six passengers on Auckland's northern motorway on Saturday night.

Eric Thompson writes that testosterone level has a direct bearing on driving skill - it seems to make it worse.

A man who crashed his car and failed alcohol tests has escaped a drink-driving conviction because of a police blunder.