Charges set to double in parts of Tauranga city centre to encourage more bus use

Sick of the little green man turning to red before you've had enough time to cross the road?

Fears have been raised that motorists might fail to recognise a 3-D crossing in North Dunedin, putting pedestrians at risk.

The issue of tourists' errant driving has hit the headlines recently.

Plummeting numbers of drivers caught speeding in the South Island have coincided with the deadliest year on southern roads in a decade.

As traffic nears its annual peak, Auckland Transport adds buses and trains.

A mockup of what The Mall (Pilot Bay) would look like - one-way for motorists with a separated cycleway. Photo/supplied Pilot_bay_mockup_correct_di Adams

The driver, captured in footage shot on the Crown Range, ignored repeated efforts to make him pull over.

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COMMENT: As if driving on the wrong side of the road isn't confusing enough, what's really confusing is sitting in the wrong side of the car, writes Raybon Kan.

NZTA hopes a new road connecting Warkworth and Wellsford will reduce crash casualties on the route by 80 per cent.

Judy Richards, whose son Rhys Middleton was killed by a tourist driver last year, is leading calls for testing foreign motorists.

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

Excavators are set to start clearing large slips on earthquake-damaged SH1 north of Kaikoura - almost three months after November's 7.8 magnitude quake.

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.

Motorists face flooding and road closures across the Wellington and Wairarapa regions this morning.

Police fear opportunist thieves may target a North Canterbury region hit by a power cut today. A power cut is affecting the wider

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

Police today urged West Coast motorists to be patient on the roads, with the earlier Chinese New Year expected to boost self-driving tourist numbers.

A man has died in one of two serious truck crashes that have closed roads in Timaru and Taranaki this morning.

Traffic near the Puhoi tunnel on State Highway 1 is back to normal.

Emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Lenore and Gadsby roads in Favona about 9.20pm.

Holiday traffic remains heavy and is clogging the roads ahead of the long weekend, with crashes, roadworks and a car fire adding to the mayhem.

People are dying at Auckland's worst intersections - and the council and police are working together to stop the carnage.

With two consecutive long weekends approaching for some Kiwis, the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is urging travellers to plan their journeys.

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

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A tree has fallen and power lines are down on Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd, leaving the road blocked in both directions.

Power has been restored to hundreds of households across Auckland after wild weather wreaked havoc at the weekend.