Travel times on Auckland motorways at morning and afternoon peaks between 2012 and 2016. Source: New Zealand Transport Agency.

The AA is hoping data from Google's map app will reduce Auckland traffic chaos.

Fears a third land on Waimakiriri River bridge could cause more traffic congestion.

The Waterview Connection project in Auckland might not open until winter starts.

Tonkin + Taylor reveal how they turned Alice, the 3,500 tonne tunneling machine, around inside the Waterview tunnel during construction.

The bill will bring taxis, shuttles, private hire vehicles, and dial-a-driver services into one category.

Auckland's congestion is now worse than Hong Kong.

EDITORIAL: There is a phrase which ought to guide policymakers and politicians when considering big projects - on time and within budget.

Four months on from the magnitude-7.8 earthquake, the road - the lifeline of the South Island - is a hive of activity.

The Government has confirmed it is now open to the introduction of electronic road tolling in Auckland.

A cyclist sustained a serious head injury after being hit by a campervan in Dunedin today. A St John spokesman said an ambulance

Scrub fire sent large plumes of smoke spreading across both sides of the motorway.

Heavy rain has undermined part of State Highway 53 near the bridge over the Tauherenikau River.

Traffic is already building in Northland and around Thames as holiday-makers start the slow crawl home.

The Christchurch City council has nearly spent $1 million on land to create a new car park in Sumner.

A trial for a 15-seat autonomous shuttle is about to start at Christchurch Airport.

The RV, which is 45ft long and eight-foot wide, is a home on wheels that is probably more impressive than your house.

Bus company InterCity is putting more premium seats in its buses.

ELECTRIC: Councillor Tania Tapsell beside power company Unison's electric vehicle charging station in the Haupapa St carpark. PHOTO/STEPHEN

Motorists travelling between the West Coast and Canterbury today were urged to go through Lewis Pass after an early morning fire at

The ride-hailing giant Uber is extending an olive branch to cities - in the form of data that drivers have coveted for years.

The driver killed in a two car crash south of Christchurch yesterday was driving on the wrong side of the road, police say.

Tihioterangi Rei Edgecombe had spent December 31 last year fixing a car when he decided to see how it was running.

Bad weather and the risk of rockfalls has forced the closure of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura.

Traffic on most main highways should be easing within the next hour or so after heavy congestion yesterday and earlier today.

City dwellers heading out of town for New Year's Eve celebrations were waiting in long queues yesterday and the traffic chaos is likely to continue today.

A Norwegian tourist has penned a piece saying NZ roads are too dangerous and the speed limit should be changed on narrow and winding roads.

Could driverless cars be the answer to New Zealand's abysmal road toll?

Watch: Five months after a crash in which he and his best mate were seriously injured, James Rolleston still struggles to do simple things.

Morgan Tait talks to emergency staff about crashes in which people are injured and sometimes killed.