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Paul Charman: Building over our best land? It's a recipe for starvation
Over-zealous expansion of Auckland City could lead to future food shortages, writes Paul Charman.

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

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

Traffic: Weather could pose problems
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.

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

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

Barney Irvine: Time to listen to the public on red light running
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.

Timelapse: $250 million road
Timelapse video covering the entire length of the $250 million Cambridge Section of the Waikato Expressway. Source: YouTube.com/Anotherdaywithbandj

Is this the end of the stop-go worker?
Successful trial on new one-man system could see single operator controlling traffic.

Crash mum takes first steps
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.

Red-light cameras on drivers' wish list
Snapped and fined for driving through a red light? Yes please, say an overwhelming majority of motorists in our biggest city.

Pensioner doles out $289k in tickets
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.

Family fly bus crash victim home to China
The man was one of 16 people injured -- two of them critically -- in the accident on New Year's Eve.

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

New technology needed to catch out drug-impaired drivers
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.

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

Prepare for lane closures in Auckland
Significant lane restrictions would also have an impact on drivers using the Te Atatu interchange

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

Police ask for sightings of woman in fatal crash
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.

Alice to finally see daylight
Giant tunnelling machine's two-year mission almost at an end.

Peter Wilson: South Westland highway proposal doesn't stack up
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.

Brian Rudman: Hey PM, take a ride in our slow lane
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.

Battle for campground
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.

Maunga could be reduced to backdrop
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.

$4.2b for Auckland transport
Auckland is receiving 30 per cent of a $13.9 billion budget for state highways, local roads, public transport, walking, cycling and road policing.

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

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