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.

Several crashes and breakdowns on Auckland's motorways this morning have caused headaches for motorists.

Traffic has been affected near Hamilton this morning after what is believed to be a diesel spill.

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.

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.

Mission Bay Reserve is one of Auckland's most popular summer evening spots. So why are the men's loos allowed to get so filthy?

One person died after a crash in Matakana and a school bus slid off the road in Manly as five incidents caused traffic chaos in the Auckland region yesterday.

Four people have been taken to hospital following a collision between an articulated truck and three cars waiting for roadworks on SH1 near Hinds this morning.

Traffic congestion could be reduced if the council made it compulsory for commercial premises to display their number.

If trams are found to be compatible with cars on big city roads, and will carry more people more quickly, then the Auckland Council, Govt and ratepayers must seriously consider them.

More than 640 drivers were stung with fines during a 24-hour, 84-checkpoint police road safety blitz in central Auckland yesterday.

A new website aimed at giving crucial information to tourist drivers has been slammed as a "dangerous waste of time".

She was just 17. School had just finished. Summer seemed to stretch on forever.

A three-car smash on Auckland’s Harbour bridge has left a lane blocked, and traffic building up.

Traffic is moving freely around Auckland as the last day of the holidays nears its end.

Road works have brought traffic to a standstill south of Whangarei as holidaymakers trickle home from their summer breaks, leaving some motorists seeing red.

Holidaymakers heading home this weekend will be hoping a 5km queue of traffic near Whangarei yesterday will not recur.

The benefits of city life come at a cost. Ask any ex-Aucklander and you'll hear that things began looking up as the reflection of the city disappeared from the rear-view mirror.

Two people have been injured in a head-on collision near Waitomo.

A Whangarei man died yesterday when his motorbike and a car collided.