The number of fines issued by Auckland parking wardens for unsafe tyres has almost doubled in three years, but some councillors say the practice is 'over the top'.

The youngest victim of the Labour Weekend road toll was hunting frogs with her father when she walked into the path of an oncoming motorbike and suffered fatal injuries.

One person has died after a a car and truck collided north of Auckland. It is the first road death of the long weekend.

Last Labour Weekend one person was killed on the roads - 16-year-old Ricky Pettigrew. Today, his family have a message for other drivers, especially young people.

Police have begun deploying advanced roadside technology including gathering biometric data to better identify drink-drivers.

A reader writes: It is well over a year since 300-year-old human bones were found by builders on a Long Bay restaurant site

Pranks can be fun and cause some great laughs at the time - but they can also go horribly wrong and end in serious or harmul consequences.

We all hate being stuck in traffic. The usual response to congested roads in New Zealand, especially in Auckland, is to make the congested road bigger - turn a two-lane road into four.

Motoring misconceptions: we're here to clear a few up. Some are to do with semantics, some concern science: but here are five myths that we think deserve to be busted.

A truck driver was hospitalised after chemicals leaked from his truck near Taupo overnight, the fire service says.

A survey has found that one in four young people in Europe have taken a "selfie" while driving.

A man filmed car-surfing during a taxi ride over the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been slammed as "idiotic and reckless" by police.

Drivers with learner or restricted licences will have to progress to the next stage within a five-year time period - or resit the theory test.

Police have resorted to phoning rental companies to remove unsafe tourist drivers from the road.

A new survey has found while Kiwis believe safety is more important than price when it comes to tyres, they'd rather buy high tech gadgets.

Jasmine Clothier was the kind of girl who wasn't afraid to express her emotions, giving a "cuddle and a kiss" to friends and relatives without a care.

Video footage of what appears to be a man "car surfing" off the back of a moving car is being slammed by road safety authorities as "incredibly dangerous" and "stupid".