The congestion on the two main routes into and out of Auckland is beginning to ease after the motorways were gridlocked earlier this evening.

Irate driver caught on film when he mows down a parking warden.

Panicked driver called emergency services, desperately seeking help, as his car hurtled along a motorway for eight minutes before the call ended abruptly.

As you moan about your commute, be grateful you're not one of these motorists attempting to get away for the Thanksgiving holidays.

A car ploughed through the Kaimai School fence this morning after trying to avoid a parent's car leaving the school shortly before

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A 9-year-old boy in a critical condition in Waikato Hospital's Intensive Care Unit is one of seven young people hurt in a car crash in Ngaruawahia last night.

NZTA is advising motorists to avoid Oteha Valley and Greville Rd citybound on-ramps, and use East Coast Rd and enter the motorway further south.

Heavy rain and slips have damaged Wellington roads, meaning motorists may notice different road layouts and routes this weekend. NZTA

The latest on road closures, public transport, weather, cordons and building damage.

West Coast police today advised motorists to take extra care when driving through the Lewis Pass and Maruia Valley on SH7 and SH65 as traffic numbers build up.

Wellington and Kapiti drivers should expect delays due to ongoing repairs and clean-up from slips and flooding, the NZTA warns.

Wellington commuters face delays and disruption as the city struggles to get back to normal.

The Prime Minister's bodyguards directed traffic around a high rise close to collapse, slips caused traffic chaos and homes were evacuated in capital.

First a quake, now terrible weather: weary Wellingtonians return to work.

A large offal spill on the road between Kaiwaka and Wellsford has closed State Highway 1, causing significant delays. The spill stretches

ACT Leader David Seymour has slammed Auckland Council bureaucrats for spending $500,000 coming up with Auckland's new slogan.

Four people have been injured in a three-car crash, which is backing up traffic on the Southwestern Motorway in Auckland.

Police officer says in 23 years of policing, confrontational Gun City owner "would have been one of worst people he's ever dealt with".

Traffic is backing up after a crash on the Northern Motorway in Auckland and in Wellington traffic is also backed up near the entrance to the Terrace Tunnel.

There has been mayhem on Auckland's motorways after a crash and a fire this evening.

Drugs were allegedly found in the vicinity of a fire in an industrial unit on Burrows St today. A police spokeswoman told the Bay

One of New Zealand's most popular pristine wilderness excursions is looking at turning roads into makeshift parking lots to counter nightmare traffic woes.

A two-car crash is causing heavy congestion on State Highway 1, south of Warkworth.

In an announcement linked to the Mt Roskill by-election, Labour leader Andrew Little yesterday said his party would fast-track light rail between the city and Mt Roskill.

The Bay of Plenty woman has spent two decades advocating road safety.

A car windscreen was smashed with a wooden batten in an explosion of road rage in Tauranga yesterday [friday]. The mid-afternoon

A pedestrian has suffered serious injuries after being hit by a car in South Dunedin.

It's the usual end of the long weekend crawl for holidaymakers heading back into Auckland after the Labour Weekend break.

Traffic is expected to be heavy from Northland to Otago today as motorists head home after a weekend of good weather.