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.

In the past five years, 21 crashes have been recorded at this Auckland intersection - 13 of which resulted in injury.

Traffic crawling after truck and trailer breaks down on harbour bridge during rush hour.

Motorists returning to work after a long weekend in Wellington had a nasty surprise this morning, with heavy traffic backing up in some parts.

Police officers have been fined more than $160,000 in just nine months, for almost 800 speeding offences.

Emergency services are at the scene of a crash on Auckland's Southwestern Motorway early this evening.

A large truck has rolled near Tokoroa, blocking a lane on State Highway 1 and causing delays.

More Kiwis are being fined for mobile phone offences than for drink driving, according to the latest data from NZ Police.

The weather gods delivered a king-hit of heavy rains and high winds over the country yesterday, causing flash flooding and closing off roads due to slips.

Amazing pictures show a massive slip blocking a major South Island route as wild weather wreaked havoc on the West Coast today.

See which region isn't afraid to whinge when they've had a gutsful with roadworks.

Three people are injured after a pile-up north of Wellington.

A woman riding her bicycle is wreaking havoc on traffic driving over Auckland's Harbour Bridge.

Parked car no problem for this Hamilton contracting crew who found a simple solution to their road block.

The driver of a stolen grey hatchback hooning down Queen St on one rim has been arrested.

A slip has closed State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura, as the impact of November's magnitude 7.8 earthquake continues.

Traffic was backed up while two men exchanged punches in a suspected road rage incident in Cambridge today.

A diesel spill and heavy holiday traffic is making it slow going north of Auckland.

When the official holiday period finished at 6am yesterday there had been 15 fatal crashes on New Zealand roads since the Friday before Christmas.

Traffic was backed up for a time this morning after a car rolled, blocking the road in Onehunga.

Readers discussing the holiday toll have suggested the solutions lie in law improvement rather than law enforcement.

Crashes mixed with the usual holiday traffic mean people travelling back to Wellington will be stuck in delays of at least 45 minutes.

Boy racers black out an intersection with tyre skidmarks.

Traffic on most main highways should be easing within the next hour or so after heavy congestion yesterday and earlier today.

A leading rental car company has come up with a novel way to beat the traffic blues at Auckland Airport - scooters.

City dwellers heading out of town for New Year's Eve celebrations were waiting in long queues yesterday and the traffic chaos is likely to continue today.

A Norwegian tourist has penned a piece saying NZ roads are too dangerous and the speed limit should be changed on narrow and winding roads.

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.