The Auckland Council has voted to put back a start on the City Rail Link, after a 2015 start was considered too much of a stretch by the Auditor-General.

Auckland shouldn't throw money at projects that are just about providing a little bit of extra capacity at peak times but sit under-used the rest of the day, writes Matt Lowrie.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown's favourite transport project - the $2.4 billion underground City Rail Link - is being shunted back two years.

Driving the business from the board table is giving NZ Bus executive Shane McMahon a different perspective on his day job.

Hundreds of new homes will be developed on Housing Corporation land in some Auckland suburbs, including Avondale, New Lynn and South Auckland.

Auckland's web of bus and high-occupancy vehicle lanes is to be expanded, after years of zero growth.

If Auckland transport planners are seriously considering trams as a cheaper form of rail service to the airport, they should come to their senses.

The director of a bus company who was hit by a bus near has told an inquest into her death that moving buses out of central Wellington could create an increased risk to pedestrians.

A Wellington bus company has been fined $22,000 and told to pay $3500 reparations to "frightened, scared and worried" people who became stuck in bus doors.

The brother of a woman killed when she was struck by a bus in central Wellington says his family was "appalled" at the lack of pedestrian safety measures at the crash site.

Two men have been arrested after video images showing a South Auckland taxi driver being attacked and beaten with a bottle, all to evade a $53 fare, was made public.

A bus driver tearfully apologised to the family of a woman who was killed by the bus he was driving at an emotional coronial inquest today.

Auckland Transport is under pressure to safeguard a rail route from Onehunga to the airport before the NZ Transport Agency builds a $140 million motorway extension.

Government transport officials are urging their political masters to support an early start to Auckland's $2.4 billion underground rail project.

Auckland's $2.4 billion underground rail project may get a push-along from the Government if it follows advice from its Transport Agency.

Psychologist tells inquest for jogger hit by bus says there is no evidence to suggest pedestrians crossing behaviour unsafe along Wellington's Golden Mile bus route.

City Rail Link a game-changing piece of infrastructure that will reduce traffic, revitalise suburban town centres and unlock Auckland's potential.

With half an eye on their re-election prospects, some Auckland councillors are having second thoughts about an early start to the City Rail Link.

Main work on the $2.4 billion city rail link will be pushed out to 2020 unless the Government comes on board with early funding, say officials.

The $2.4b City Rail Link could be deferred until 2020 because of mounting concerns by councillors about its impact on rates, debt and big cuts to community services.

Budget travellers will soon have three major long-distance bus operators to choose from, offering fares from as little as $1 each way between Auckland and Wellington.

A GO Wellington bus driver who defied "common sense" when he abandoned his bus with the engine running and passengers on board will not get his job back.

A new company will ferry passengers to Waiheke, Rangitoto and Motutapu Islands from today.

The lawyer for a bus driver found not guilty of sexually assaulting a female passenger says his client has been to "hell and back" after being suspended, then fired.

A woman had to be treated by an ambulance this morning after a train breakdown on Auckland's western line forced commuters to pack in "like sardines".

Every day I drive under the Northwestern motorway extensions taking place at Waterview in Auckland.

Most households that lost power after winds battered the North Island yesterday have been reconnected.

Severe winds are expected to pound inland Canterbury today but northern New Zealand should enjoy a brief break from stormy, windy weather.