Motorists driving anywhere over the posted speed limit could land themselves a fine, as police do away with the notion of a "speed tolerance" for the summer period

Most of us think of tyres as those round black things that we resent having to replace. For many, the choice of tyre is left to the mechanic or the person in the tyre shop, with price the key....

A photo of a woman sitting on a jet ski as it was towed by a truck on Auckland’s North-Western motorway is a hoax.

Why is the Government over-spending on motorways when new technologies could render them white elephants?

A package of safety measures for central Wellington streets could reduce the risks to pedestrians following the death of jogger Venessa Green.

A Chinese driver whose rental car collided with another vehicle near Queenstown was a "classic case" of why tourists should sit a driving test, a judge says.

Road deaths in the past four days have contributed to a bad month on New Zealand's roads.

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

The Automobile Association (AA) today launches its Ignition programme, which gives three free driving lessons to new learner drivers who are, or are related to, AA members.

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.

Peter Larmer's quiet Sunday at home on his Levin farm was shattered when a car crashed through two fences and a verandah post, and came to rest upside down on his lawn.

Visiting world motoring chief Jean Todt has praised New Zealand's road safety effort, but says there must be no let-up, and is challenging sports stars to join the cause.