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 breakdown on Auckland’s Harbour Bridge caused temporary delays for motorists heading home this afternoon.

Motorists face slow journeys today as the country's busiest roads swell with holidaymakers returning from their summer breaks.

A young Auckland man is facing charges after he allegedly drove through a stop sign and hit a police car, causing a pile-up that wrote off three vehicles in Gisborne.

A driver has been clocked at 240 km/h on the Waikato Expressway and police say driving at that 'crazy' speed takes 450m to stop.

Drivers are being asked to make alternative arrangements as heavy traffic north of Auckland creates chaos and holds up holiday plans.

A series of nasty crashes in the lead-up to Christmas have left one person dead and a number of others seriously injured.

Police have named a man who died following an alleged road-rage incident in Christchurch last month.

The lack of pedestrian crossings and safety measures for people on foot in Auckland is appalling.

Power has been returned to traffic lights in Kumeu after a car crashed into a power pole.

It's not revolutionary, writes Brian Rudman, but my solution post-weekend traffic hell is cheap and quick. Just clean up faster after a major crash and get us moving again.

ANZ's heavy traffic index fell 2.9 per cent last month, seasonally adjusted, reversing most of its gains over September and October.

A man has died in Christchurch Hospital this morning after he suffered a head injury during a dispute with another motorist in the city last month.

John Key has ruled out an earlier construction date for a second harbour crossing in response to huge traffic jams which brought Auckland roads to a standstill on Saturday.

City leaders question why a crash on the harbour bridge brought Auckland to a standstill. We look at the options for easing congestion if it happened again.