Fire risks and faults with emergency exits are among things being re-checked by police and transport inspectors on Wellington buses after faults were found.

A bus driver on a school run dumped a 6-year-old at the side of the road and headed back to the depot instead of taking him to his bus stop.

Shrouded in bubble-wrap, the first of Auckland's 57 new electric trains has arrived from its Spanish factory.

Bus drivers are facing more accusations of misbehaviour, including an Auckland woman who says her car was almost squashed when a coach forced it on to a motorway shoulder.

North Shore commuters are confused by a late delay to the planned introduction of Auckland's $100 million electronic Hop card system on two large bus fleets.

Bus drivers are in the gun for using cellphones and flipping through paperwork while at the wheels of their 12- to 14-tonne vehicles.

Auckland Transport has called on external investigators to guide its inquiry into corruption claims and has stood down a senior manager on indefinite leave.

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says his scepticism about electric cars has all but disappeared.

Auckland Transport is resisting pressure from TV3's owners to buy them out of their studios above the city's underground rail project.

A pregnant mother who ran more than 2km after an Auckland train cut her off from her three young sons has received an apology from the rail company.

Neighbours of Auckland's underground rail project fear digging up Albert St and closing its key east-west intersections will spread traffic chaos through the inner city.

A new animated flythrough of the planned Southeastern Busway from Panmure Station to Pakuranga town centre to Botany town centre. Featuring new visuals of the Pakuranga town centre bus station. The Southeastern Busway is one of the major features of the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI)

Government road-builders stand accused of undermining Auckland's public transport effort by closing bus priority lanes for the Transport Agency's $220 million upgrade.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland's Harbour Bridge following a four-car crash this morning.

Wellington commuter lines will remain closed tomorrow morning with no peak train services or bus replacements operating.

A Wellington bus company is undergoing an urgent review after safety checks uncovered more than 100 faults on its fleet.

The Government has rejected two proposals for getting Auckland road users to pay for an estimated $12 billion shortfall in funding for roading projects.

A rail link to the airport will be a focus over the next year if Mayor Len Brown wins a second term at October's local body elections.

Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.

As election bribes go, Auckland mayoral hopeful John Minto's promise of free public transport in "less than a year" has certainly set the bar high, writes Brian Rudman.

A downtown Auckland shopping centre will be demolished to make way for the multibillion-dollar Central Rail Link.

Ride the Britomart Rail Station escalator down to the train platforms and look to your right or left as you descend.

An Auckland bus driver says passengers - including one who tried to use a $100 note for a $1 ride - need to start carrying smaller change for fares.

Bus drivers seem happy to take your $20 note for a cheap trip - as long as it's not rush hour and there's not a snaking queue waiting behind you.

Auckland Transport is investigating the feasibility of building a commuter ferry wharf and 200 car-parking spaces at Te Atatu.

Bus drivers have been told they should always carry passengers who want to pay with bank notes, even if they don't have enough change.