Roads are closed and slips blocking lanes across the country - check out the list here.

Wild weather heads south: winds pick up in lower North Island; rain falls in Christchurch

Free rooms are being listed and service fees waived for those affected by the cyclone

At one point an Auckland city bus queue was 100 people long.

A woman crashed into two trucks in Christchurch yesterday.

Closure of Auckland's Harbour Bridge now seems unlikely, but restrictions are possible.

Forget volcanoes. All it takes to cripple Auckland's transport network is a bit of rain.

The car remains stuck and submerged in Okete Stream.

Aucklanders are being warned that it could be a slow commute to work this morning.

Two flights from and to Christchurch have been cancelled due to heavy fog.

Congestion is starting to build for motorists travelling from West Auckland into the city.

Bad weather delayed this morning's planned work.

The Northwestern motorway will drop from three city-bound lanes to two.

EDITORIAL: Auckland cannot close the door on growth but it can build what is required.

Travel times on Auckland motorways at morning and afternoon peaks between 2012 and 2016. Source: New Zealand Transport Agency.

Auckland's population growth is leading to traffic chaos on the city's roads

The AA is hoping data from Google's map app will reduce Auckland traffic chaos.

The crash was dealt with quickly, but there's still likely to be delays

Fears a third land on Waimakiriri River bridge could cause more traffic congestion.

Concerns pedestrians will walk straight into the pole in the middle of a busy crossing.

COMMENT: Auckland is in gridlock; if Chinese want to help fix it, we'd be mad to say no.

No one was seriously hurt in the crash on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

Now it's the South Island's turn to struggle with travel woes for air passengers.

Truck crashes while following diversion route set up due to previous crash in Putaruru.

One person has died after a vehicle rolled on State Highway 1 near Putaruru.

Traffic is now moving freely after a 10 car pile-up on an Auckland motorway.

Heavy downpours are heading directly for Auckland this evening.

Part of the Southern Motorway will close for roadworks next weekend

Traffic remains banked up around Auckland Airport after an earlier truck fire.

A roading upgrade in Te Puke, funded by the NZTA and Western Bay of Plenty District Council, has caused unrest as residents and business owners air their issues with the changes in the town. Made with funding from NZ On Air.