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Unconnected calls to *555 on Saturday night were because of ''unprecedented demand'', police say.
Unconnected calls to *555 on Saturday night were because of ''unprecedented demand'', police say.
The railway tunnel will serve only a very small fraction of Auckland's population and at a huge cost.
An incensed Dunedin man took car keys from a tourist who had stopped to take photos on Otago Peninsula, causing eight vehicles to back up on the narrow road.
A $2 motorway toll in Auckland will largely go to widen roads, not build better public transport and cycleways, a debate on transport issues was told last night.
Youth lobby group Generation Zero says Auckland Council's planned spending on new roads in its 10-year budget should be cut by $2 billion.
Police are urging motorists not to take matters into their own hands, following the latest removal of car keys from drivers allegedly driving dangerously.
An on-duty taxi driver who blew a reading of more than four times the legal breath-alcohol limit told police he had "one Kingfisher beer".
Ruby Jay Marris, the five year-old killed in a crash involving a foreign driver in Otago, has been remembered as “cherished and loved” and a "fun-loving princess".
A Haast woman who confiscated the car keys from a Chinese tourist driving badly at Franz Josef Glacier says she did what any responsible citizen would do.
Tourists who've had their rental car agreements cancelled for dodgy driving could soon be blacklisted from hiring vehicles in New Zealand.
Drastic action by a person who flagged down a tourist driving on the wrong side of the road and confiscated their car keys yesterday is being investigated by police.
Six overseas drivers have appeared in court over the past 24 hours after a series of crashes that have focused attention on tourist driving.
A heartbroken family are mourning the loss of 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris after a car crash involving a foreign driver in Otago.
Motorway tolls are gaining far more support from Aucklanders than lifting rates and fuel taxes to fill a $12 billion transport funding gap over 30 years.
Aprice gap of up to $60 has emerged between taxi companies travelling from Auckland Airport to the city.
Sunset-chasers and their cars have been locked in Auckland's Mt Eden Domain again - despite a council apology last month to people stranded there by an earlier closing time.
Can you tell me if mobility scooters are permitted to drive on the roads like cars?
A man who refused to pay a $65 "breach" notice from a parking site operator says motorists, who are receiving them for being as little as five minutes over, should fight too.
Almost $9 million in parking and traffic fines has gone unpaid in Auckland in the past year, and the worst offender owes nearly $38k.
Trams could be heading into Auckland city again, almost 60 years after the original tracks were torn up.
People who live beside Auckland's Southern Motorway are subjected to air pollution at nearly double the level of those 130m further away, research shows.
If trams are found to be compatible with cars on big city roads, and will carry more people more quickly, then the Auckland Council, Govt and ratepayers must seriously consider them.
Aucklanders have spent many, many years admiring what other cities have, but we're catching up now, writes Auckland Mayor Len Brown. There's a real sense of pride growing around our region.
Police are concerned drivers are getting complacent about using mobile phones after the number caught using them has doubled since 2010.
It's been labelled a revenue-gathering mission, but the police "zero tolerance" summer speed limit campaign contributed just $420 in fines.
I don't know what Michael Woodhouse found confusing about the zero tolerance on speeding campaign. The message was pretty clear, writes Kerre McIvor.
Fifteen fatalities upset the armchair experts, but the bigger picture shows there's no need for alarm, says Eric Crampton
Motorists have forked out more than $100 million in parking and vehicle fines from Auckland Transport over four years - and owe plenty more.