A protective shield for taxi drivers will soon be on the market, with its maker hoping to put an end to a string of serious on-duty attacks.

NZers favour reducing the amount drivers can legally drink before getting behind the wheel, with 70 per cent supporting a limit of 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, a survey finds.

Information enables a safer route to be planned to avoid accident blackspots

Auckland commuters will be among the first to be called on to pay more for KiwiRail services under a 10-year turnaround plan.

Steven Joyce says raising the driving age to 16 is enough for now, but it's not cast in stone.

New Zealanders are now strongly in favour of cutting the alcohol level for adult drivers - a proposal medical experts are pushing.

The parents of a 6-month-old baby killed in an Easter car crash did not know she had died until they began recovering in hospital.

Up to 5000 trucks will be eligible to carry heavier loads on public highways from next month.

The oldest son of a mother-of-five killed by a woman fleeing a police check point says it's time to crush drink-drivers' cars.