As a giant tunnelling machine is packed into 20 shipping containers in China, ready to build Auckland's $1.4 billion Waterview link, a major upgrade is starting on the adjacent Northwestern Motorway.

Auckland Transport says that the Blues pay for their patrons, as do the All Blacks and NZ Rugby League. Cricket, Phoenix and Warriors choose not to contribute, so services are provided at a cost to the patron.

A Taupo dairy farmer charged with intentionally injuring an Ironman cyclist in an alleged road rage attack reappeared in the Taupo District Court today.

The Government really must be strapped for money, Brian Rudman. It's so short that to scrape in an extra $17 million or so of petty cash it's willing to break an election pledge and upset a group of core supporters.

After last week's chaos, it's clear we need dedicated and vigilantly policed bus lanes to keep city moving.

Auckland and Wellington carpark costs will shoot up 50 per cent, a lobby group claims, if proposed changes to fringe benefit tax go through.

A vehicle pulling a trailer loaded with bricks has hit the median barrier and overturned while heading west on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway.

Why is there not a standard positioning for the merging signs at the end of state highway passing lanes?

Recent events have fuelled debate between cyclists and drivers over road rules and acceptable behaviour. What are the opinions of a cyclist and a motorist?

More than 120 young people were caught driving illegally during a week-long police campaign targeting high schools.

A 21-year-old accused of hitting a cyclist after the cyclist gave him the fingers has had his assault charge upgraded.

The building of infrastructure should lead and guide where new resources are to be unleashed. Auckland has a lot going for it, writes Michael Barnett and Kim Campbell.

An entrant in this weekend's Ironman triathlon in Taupo suffered serious injuries in a road-rage attack in which a motorist allegedly chased him down.

Given the emphasis placed on TV ratings for the 7 o'clock time slot, for example, would you please explain how these ratings are calculated?

Optometrists are calling on cyclists to wear reflective bands on their ankles and knees because traditional reflector vests are not safe enough at night.

David Ware, managing director of publicly listed mobile radio company TeamTalk, wrote an editorial in the latest company newsletter railing against cyclists.

Auckland Transport's parking wardens are enjoying views of Takapuna Beach from the upstairs balcony of a building which was gifted by North Shore citizens for a public library.

Many of us live alongside dusty unsealed roads, in many cases just a few kilometres from city suburbs.

Hundreds of homes are in the firing line of a new arterial road for South Auckland - of which the first section alone is costed at almost $250 million.

Between the Market Rd overbridge and Newmarket Viaduct, there is an area of land on the left of the motorway that has been left to go to seed.

Nearly half a million New Zealand drivers' licences are expired and thousands of motorists are apparently unaware they are breaking the law.

Kiwi motorists are among the most likely to die on roads, despite having one of the more frequent road-testing regimes in the world, reports show.

Most boy racers seem to be learning their lesson, with only 127 convictions for illegal street racing being racked up by repeat offenders over the past three years.

Auckland Transport has quietly dropped a controversial feature of its $2.86 billion underground rail project.