Traffic heading both north and south out of Auckland has slowed to a crawl in places, as holiday-makers head for their favourite Easter spots.

Police are vowing to focus on preventing "risk-taking" behaviour from motorists on the roads this Easter.

Auckland motorists have been asked to be patient as major upgrade projects start on both the Southern and Northwestern motorways this weekend.

More pain is in store for motorists after a huge truck fire caused motorway mayhem and left behind a cocktail of toxic chemicals this morning.

Preparations are being made for another Waitemata Harbour crossing - with a tunnel east of the Auckland Harbour Bridge the Government's preferred option.

Watercare says water will not be fully restored in Albany until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

A burst water main has left a number of homes and businesses, including the Westfield Mall in Albany, without water on Auckland's North Shore this evening.

Utah couple Tammy and Richard Barnett were on “the trip of a lifetime to New Zealand” before yesterday’s fatal crash, family say.

Two new South Otago initiatives aim to help visiting international drivers negotiate New Zealand roads safely - and neither involves key-snatching.

An Auckland pedestrian was seriously injured when he was hit by a bus on Queen St yesterday.

Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway has been cleared following a five-car crash earlier this morning.

My first experience of getting behind the wheel of a left-hand-drive car was a thrilling one, writes Peter Calder.

Rescuers have described the extensively damaged vehicle involved in a fatal road crash in Auckland this morning as unsurvivable.

A woman caught driving drunk after she drove over a traffic island and mounted a kerb was allegedly more than six-and-a-half times over the breath alcohol limit.

Severely congested traffic on Auckland's North-Western Motorway this morning is back to normal after city-bound queues extended past Hobsonville.

Bad day for Labour as former leader caught using mobile phone while driving and Carmel Sepuloni stood down from social development role.

Research has shown how drivers and pedestrians are being exposed to very high levels of air pollutants at traffic lights.

The reason for the heavily congested roads on Sunday, the end of the long Waitangi Day weekend, is the huge increase in vehicles numbers over recent years, writes Brian Gaynor.

One of three young girls who were injured after being hit by a car as they walked to school yesterday morning is back at home recovering.

Parallel to the exponential growth in technology is the growth of the internet of everything, or put simply, the connectivity of all devices to the internet.

The roads are back to normal after a busy spell with holidaymakers returning to Auckland.

Motorists are urged to take care on the busy roads this holiday weekend, particularly after a spate of road crashes yesterday thought to be caused by wet conditions.

A German woman on holiday in New Zealand to visit her daughter was killed in a crash in Matakana, north of Auckland, yesterday.