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.

Emergency services were called to the crash but were unable to save the man who died at the scene shortly afterwards.

Morning commuters faced motorway mayhem in Auckland after a series of breakdowns and accidents.

Central Dunedin residents have told how they were woken by a sickening T-bone crash in which a teenager was killed early this morning.

A diesel spill stretching for about 15km on a Northland road has been mopped up this morning.

Writer ridiculed for comparing breath test by New Zealand police to race case in US says she was just starting a conversation about civil liberties.

Huffington Post writer under fire for comparing being pulled over by cops in Timaru for speeding to death of black driver in Texas.

A motorcycle and car have collided on the Northern Motorway this morning, slowing down the commute for city-bound drivers.

The 66-year-old man was rushed to Waikato Hospital after he was involved in a head-on collision with a car at 1.20pm, but died in hospital early this evening.

A car has crashed into a bus-stop on the corner of Albert Street and Wyndham Street in Auckland’s CBD this morning.

A male motorcyclist who crashed head-on into a truck this morning became separated from his bike on impact before it burst into flames.

Four people were injured – one seriously – when two cars collided north of Auckland today.

A Waikato rural policing review has had to consider how to deal with the influx of Aucklanders moving to the region.

State Highway 16 was shut to traffic in both directions between Bradly Rd and Wharepapa Rd, Helensville, after the crash about 7.30am.

The parents of an Auckland teen battling to prove she’s been mistakenly made to pay a police ticket have been inundated with support.

One person is dead following a crash involving a single vehicle in Otago this morning.

A concrete mixer has left a 1km long trail of wet concrete on a motorway north of Auckland this afternoon.

One person is in serious condition after the car they were in hit a barrier and crashed on a motorway in Auckland tonight.

The fining of a British driver for being a road hog is something many Kiwi drivers would like to see enforced here, according to Herald readers.

A driver had to escape from a submerged car after it went off the road and into the Otago Harbour this morning.

One person has been killed in a serious crash in Canterbury this afternoon.

A person has been killed in a car crash in Huntly tonight.