Auckland Mayor Len Brown is proposing a 6.5 per cent rates increase today to spend more on transport.

New police red-light cameras with radar technology will go live in Auckland and Wellington starting Thursday.

This is the moment a driver deliberately blocked a sneaky motorist who tried to beat a traffic jam with an undertaking manoeuvre.

An "extremely drunk" man was found asleep in the middle of a Napier road close to his house after a Friday night bender -- with police taking photographic evidence.

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) said the gorge could be opened to one lane of traffic from tomorrow morning if conditions allow.

A driver is is dead and at least two other people are injured after a three-car crash in Eastern Waikato today.

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More drivers were caught by speed cameras and on their mobile phones in Waitemata than anywhere else in the country last year.

Downtown Auckland faces big traffic and public transport challenges with construction on the $2.5 billion underground railway to Mt Eden starting soon.

This Easter weekend had the second lowest road toll on record and was the first with the new lower alcohol limits for drivers in effect.

Easter commuters are being urged to be patient and drive home safely, with the road toll on track to be close to the record low after one fatal crash over the long weekend.

Drivers don’t divert to alternative routes unless they can see the queue, even if they’ve already been warned of a blockage.

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.

Police have charged an Auckland bus driver with careless driving after he took his passengers on a shortcut on the wrong side of the road yesterday morning.

An Auckland man has described the moment he witnessed a Metrolink bus drive down the wrong side of the road on the North Shore 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.