Bigger, heavier trucks and buses could soon be approved to use roads despite an admission from officials it could lead to more serious accidents.

Motorists not driving to conditions - and impatience - appear to be the themes of crashes which have killed five people so far this long weekend.

Highways around the North Island appear to be free-flowing on the first day of the Auckland Anniversary Weekend - though stormy weather could pose problems later.

Motorists heading out of town for the long weekend yesterday faced lengthy delays, but the standstill cleared earlier than expected.

Motorists heading out of town for the long weekend should expect lengthy delays as many of Auckland's motorways are already clogged with traffic.

Holidaymakers are set to clog up the roads.

In an already congested city, red light runners add needless delay to our intersections, forcing other drivers to wait and check before accelerating once lights turn green, writes Barney Irvine.

Female drivers are more likely than men to suffer memory blanks behind the wheel and are more susceptible to allowing their minds to wander, a study has found.

Would you be able to tell me the meaning of a bicycle sign I have seen on Pt Chevalier Rd?

A mother of three who clung to life after a horrific car crash is back home and has been able to take her first steps.

Snapped and fined for driving through a red light? Yes please, say an overwhelming majority of motorists in our biggest city.

The Super City has a super parking warden who issued nearly double the value in tickets than the next best warden in the last financial year.

The man was one of 16 people injured -- two of them critically -- in the accident on New Year's Eve.

A popular YouTube blogger was snapped doing 141km/h and fined $400 by police.

The New Zealand Drug Foundation boss says new technology is needed to give a clearer picture of the drug-impaired driving situation in New Zealand.

Concerned motorists dobbing in dangerous drivers almost certainly saved lives on the roads last weekend, Waikato police say.

Cyclists and walkers can look forward to another spectacular new bridge over Auckland's motorway network, this time in Owairaka as part of the $1.4 billion Waterview Connection project.

As she lay trapped in mangled wreckage with serious injuries, crash victim tells how love of family inspired her to cling onto life.

Latest fatal crash happened on a 70km/h stretch of Happy Valley Rd in Wellington at about 11am.

A woman died after she was hit by a vehicle on State Highway 1 (Bluff Highway) near the intersection with Omaui Rd about 1am today.

Giant tunnelling machine's two-year mission almost at an end.

The project is as dangerous environmentally as it as unviable economically, writes Peter Wilson. There are few areas more cherished to trampers and mountaineers than South Westland.

We've already got congestion, but wait and see what we'll get if the Government drags its heels on the rail link, writes Brian Rudman.

Supporters of the Takapuna waterfront camping ground turned out in force last night in a bid to push for its long-term lease on public reserve and a facelift.

For motorists approaching the city from the Northwestern Motorway, the view that unfolds from the Te Atatu interchange sums up Auckland. Yes, there's a motorway, but the wide view is of harbour and volcanic landforms.

Auckland is receiving 30 per cent of a $13.9 billion budget for state highways, local roads, public transport, walking, cycling and road policing.

New road markings in Auckland's Newmarket have left drivers queuing at a busy intersection behind parked cars, thinking they are waiting to turn.

Drivers are being urged to be careful after two recent crashes involving cars skidding on black ice.

Ashburton Police are warning the public to take extreme care on the roads in the Canterbury region due to reports of black ice.

The police were very quick to take up defensive positions this week when it was revealed that officers in the Counties Manukau district had been told not to ticket unlicensed Maori drivers.