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Roads melting under Hawke's Bay heat
Temperatures in the 30s this week mean more work for Quality Roading Services (QRS) routine maintenance manager Gary Jones. He said
Temperatures in the 30s this week mean more work for Quality Roading Services (QRS) routine maintenance manager Gary Jones. He said
Too many people are dying in road crashes because they don't put on their seatbelts, say police.
One man had serious injuries and had to be airlifted to hospital.
The ride-hailing giant Uber is extending an olive branch to cities - in the form of data that drivers have coveted for years.
Auckland commuters can groan in agreement with a report that reveals the city has the worst travel times and reliability in Australia and New Zealand.
When the official holiday period finished at 6am yesterday there had been 15 fatal crashes on New Zealand roads since the Friday before Christmas.
A beautician paid a stranger to take her speeding points for $530 also posted pictures of dangerous driving selfies on Facebook.
Readers discussing the holiday toll have suggested the solutions lie in law improvement rather than law enforcement.
A wife who found her husband with a younger woman has been accused of ramming his van off the road before smashing into his lover's vehicle too.
A leading rental car company has come up with a novel way to beat the traffic blues at Auckland Airport - scooters.
Boxing Day crash victim remembered as one of the "most amazing people" .
Closure of the Kapiti rail line has exacerbated holiday traffic along the Kapiti Coast as would-be train passengers have been forced to travel by bus on congested roads.
Springs Junction - the tiny settlement connecting State Highways 7 and 65 - now boasts two food caravans as well as a service station and cafe both operating 24/7.
Police have slammed the people behind the growing number of Facebook pages which alert motorists to where checkpoints might be.
Road toll now equal to last summer's following death of motorcyclist.
Watch: Five months after a crash in which he and his best mate were seriously injured, James Rolleston still struggles to do simple things.
Suspiciously quickly, the Government re-opened SH1 south of Kaikoura just before Christmas.
Three young teenagers died in a high-speed car crash when their vehicle, driven by a 14-year-old, slammed into a tree.
The driver was one of many engaging in "dangerous" behaviour in the past couple of days, police say.
A large truck's dash cam has filmed an unnerving encounter with a white Holden Commodore as the car attempts to merge into the lane in Sydney.
A Herald investigation reveals the most dangerous roads during the Christmas holiday period.
An elderly woman has died after being hit by a car in Takapuna, on Auckland's North Shore. She is believed to be the first person killed in holiday period.
One person has moderate to serious injuries after a car crash in rural South Canterbury this afternoon.
Workers have been forced to return and fix a Hawke's Bay road up to half a dozen times in four months. Contractor Russell Roads
A tough guy driver who threw an Aussie cyclist's dashcam across a road lived to regret it after the biker fought back and made him pay for the damages.
The main road into Kaikoura from the south has been opened to daytime traffic in time for Christmas.
Transport Minister Simon Bridges has had another up-close look at damage to SH1 as he prepares to make an announcement about reopening the road to Kaikoura's south.
There was a record downpour in Auckland, a tornado in Taranaki and "quake lights" above Wellington. Oh, and 2016 was likely also New Zealand's hottest year on record.
The company at the centre of a corrupt arrangement involving millions of dollars and bribes and roading contracts from Auckland councils has been liquidated.
Humans are marring the coherence of the natural world - by building endless numbers of roads.