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.

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.

Almost $9 million in parking and traffic fines has gone unpaid in Auckland in the past year, and the worst offender owes nearly $38k.

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.

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.

Deaths on New Zealand roads made up a "staggering" 41.7 per cent of all fatalities across Australasia over the holiday season.

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.