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PM Jacinda Ardern on draft 10-year transport plan

April 2018: PM Jacinda Ardern and Hon Phil Twyford discuss the government's draft 10-year land transport plan, focusing on road safety, congestion reduction and public transport access.

Death on the rails: Train driver's terror as he hit a boy

The driver has been at the controls as three people, one a boy, were killed by his train.

Road taxes could pay for rail under Govt changes

Road taxes could be diverted to rail projects under plans by the new Government

Train breakdown sparks rush hour disruption across Auckland

Trains and ferries are cancelled or delayed across Auckland this morning.

'Very disappointed in the industrial action' Chief Transport Officer says

Mark Lambert Chief Transport Services Officer Auckland Transport discusses the upcoming industrial action to train services.

Managing Director of Transdev on Train Strike

Michel Ladrak Managing Director of Transdev Auckland, talks frankly about the upcoming industrial action to train services.

No commuter trains running in Wellington due to strike

No commuter trains are running due to a 24 hour strike by Rail and Maritime Transport Union workers. Credit: Mark Mitchell

Traffic free flowing into Wellington

Traffic is free flowing into Wellington, congestion is mostly centred around Porirua and Lower Hutt as people start their commute into the capital.

Sea freight takes over from road and rail

Supermarket shelves in the earthquake-stricken region of North Canterbury will remain stocked if the Ports of Auckland has any say in it.

Watch NZH Local Focus: Community rallies to save Woodville Railway Station

The Woodville community is coming together for the sake of an old railway station under threat. And Kiwi Rail seems likely to agree. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Electric trains celebrate 1st birthday

Rail network is now the most punctual it's every been despite adding 2.9 million trips since electrification.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Government Housing Policy Revealed

John Key announces his policy that will require councils to open up new land to housing and a street has been cordoned off in South Auckland after the death of a child in a property there.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Ground Broken on Auckland City Rail Link

Work begins on the 2.5 billion dollar Auckland City Rail Link - we talk to Len Brown about what it means and an insiders view on the Johnny Depp / Amber Heard break up.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Prison over spend

The soaring prison population has led to an over spend of 45 million dollars on jails in the last 12 months and new technology could help reduce the number of bobby calves being killed. Also a Kiwi takes America’s got talent by storm.

Rail Link is 100 years in the making

Tomorrow ground will be broken on the biggest construction project New Zealand has ever seen.

Watch: You wait 10 years for a train ... then this happens

Trainspotter Ryan Allen waited ten years to see the Flying Scotsman but this wasn't the view he wanted.