A large slip overnight has blocked State Highway 25, just south of Whangamata, on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce has given the go-ahead to a half-billion-dollar, 23km toll road east of Tauranga.

Readers' reactions to bus-lane rules ranged from fury to support. Read what they had to say.

Auckland City Council's target to raise $12m more in bus lane and parking fines is a "straightforward money grab", says one councillor.

Auckland's controversial bus lane enforcement regime has been attacked by a council committee chairman given an infringement notice.

Auckland drivers have been fined $4.2m in a year for using bus lanes - even though there's no sign when they can enter lanes to turn left.