Authorities are urging Halloween travellers to avoid the Basin Reserve and Mount Victoria Tunnel this evening.

Sunshine awaits most of New Zealand tomorrow, while Auckland battles with traffic today.

The crash on the Southern Motorway between the Ellerslie-Penrose and Mount Wellington interchanges has been cleared and all lanes are now open.

If you thought the traffic was bad in New Zealand then spare a thought for the poor motorists who were left stranded in this 50-lane traffic jam.

A crash involving four or five cars has blocked multiple lanes on a motorway in Auckland this evening.

A tanker carrying 30,000 litres of carbon dioxide has crashed on State Highway 1 in Northland.

Two trucks have collided near Matamata and police are warning of delays in the area.

Drivers have been warned to avoid State Highway One near Lake Karapiro as emergency services keep battling to clean up a chemical spill.

One person was trapped in a car after the vehicle rolled on State Highway 1 in Auckland this morning.

A truck driver who escaped after crashing into a cold, fast-flowing creek is "a lucky boy", firefighters say.

Rising rivers have caused State Highway 2 to be closed overnight between Napier and Wairoa.

A 4-wheel-drive came off the road at an intersection - plunging down into the backyard of a home, narrowly missing the kitchen window.

A serious collision between a car and truck has forced State Highway 1 to close through Te Horo, south of Otaki.

Motorists are being advised to expect delays after an earlier crash on the Northwestern Motorway.

Auckland Transport has done a 180 on more than two dozen fines issued in a 2am parking blitz.

A car has hit a pole in a crash that closed a part of State Highway 1B near Gordonton.

He was 44-year-old Pradeep Edirisinghe of Sri Lanka.

The crash involved two vehicles, and the male driver of one of the vehicles died in the collision, police said.

The crash between a van and people mover vehicle ended up with the van on the footpath.

Auckland Transport should have exercised discretion before ticketing 27 residents at 2am for parking with two wheels on the kerb of a narrow Auckland street, says the Automobile Association.

Residents of two narrow Auckland streets are furious that council parking wardens fined 27 of them in a 2am blitz on cars with two wheels on the kerb.

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.

Commuters heading into Auckland from the North Shore are in for a slow trip this morning, as an oil spill slows traffic.

State Highway 1 at Huntly will be closed for five hours on Sunday night.

Two trucks have crashed on State Highway 1 in Waikato, spilling some of their loads and prompting police to put diversions in place.

Two trucks have crashed in southeast Auckland, causing major traffic delays, police say.

A breakdown on the North Western motorway has caused problems for Auckland commuters this morning.

Temperatures got as low as -6C in parts of Otago overnight, and councils throughout the South Island are warning of widespread black ice and severe frosts.

A man was thrown from his car in a serious crash in South Auckland this morning.

A man has been taken to hospital after a crash between a motorcycle and a utility vehicle this morning.