Skoda, once the butt of all motoring jokes, has had a drastic turn around in the last few years - now New Zealand is catching on.

It should be a fine Labour weekend for most Kiwis, with a high set to arrive on Saturday.

People using Park and Ride have been pinged for more than $1 million in fines in the past five years.

More people have died on New Zealand roads this year than the entire number killed in 2013. AA has issued a warning to road users

Prices for petrol in some parts of Hawke's Bay yesterday dropped to the lowest prices in the region in more than a decade.

Mobility Parking Association - which targets people who park in disabled spots without the proper credentials - have snapped an AA driving instructor without a permit.

Anyone looking to sit their restricted in this part of NZ better know their stuff - it has the lowest pass rate in the country with two thirds flunking.

COMMENT: The stake involved in sorting out Auckland's transport system are incredibly high - and the next mayor has to get it right.

Some of the safest cars in the year's AA Used Car Safety Ratings can be snapped up for less than $10,000.

Motor Trade Association chief executive Warwick Quinn says he is shocked by revelations that Volkswagen intentionally rigged almost half a million cars to cheat United States diesel emission tests,....

Volkswagen shares have plunged and its chief executive is in the gun after it was revealed the car company rigged its diesel vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

Clamping is out at the Titirangi supermarket where shoppers threatened a boycott over the parking enforcement strategy.

Wheel clamping in New Zealand is set to become a thing of the past with a new code of conduct that aims to almost eliminate the practice.

If city commuters are ever to be enticed to leave cars at home and use public transport, it will take more than a petrol tax or road toll or a congestion charge.

Aucklanders commuting to work in the central city will soon have to pay an extra $35 a week at three of Auckland Council's inner-city car park buildings.

Barney Irvine urges the Government and Auckland Council to strive for an accord on transport when they meet tomorrow.

The "Gull effect" which has kept many North Island petrol prices low and South Island prices high is finally easing, the Automobile Association says.

The AA has called for calm after Toyota recalled more than 26,000 vehicles in New Zealand over a possible airbag fault.

A French driver will be using public transport for the rest of his trip, after his licence was suspended on the spot after he was nabbed doing 93km/h through a township.

Police have defended a tourist driver who was punched in the face yesterday after being pulled over by another motorist, one of three tourist-driver incidents on the West Coast.

Police are warning people not to take matters into their own hands after a motorist punched a tourist driver in the face and took his keys.

The Auckland Blues rugby supporter with the foghorn voice and the foul mouth at North Harbour QBE Stadium on Saturday.

The AA has advised against a driving test for tourists at the border, saying small changes to highways in tourist hotspots would be far more effective.

Motorists have been hammered by three days of petrol price rises in the lead-up to the long weekend, prompting criticism by the AA of "trigger-happy" oil companies.

The Automobile Association has called for a ministerial inquiry into the cost of fuel as an informal survey found variations of up to $1.34 at different sites around the country.

She was just 17. School had just finished. Summer seemed to stretch on forever.

Motorists have forked out more than $100 million in parking and vehicle fines from Auckland Transport over four years - and owe plenty more.

The price of petrol keeps plunging but the savings are yet to ignite discounts for consumers elsewhere in the economy.

It has become standard for tough questions to be asked of oil companies when the price of petrol rises or falls dramatically.

Almost half of all tickets from speeding cameras are given out in Auckland, prompting AA's plea to police to ease up on targeting low-level speedsters on citys' motorways.