A motorist caught driving at 177 km/h in Otago was one of more than 200 infringements police issued over a four-day blitz in the lead-up to Christmas.

A slab of frozen sausages and a mercy dash through peak-hour traffic on Auckland's motorways in a police car saved the day after a man severed his finger while using a bench saw.

A man has been charged in relation to the death of a woman who was hit by a car on a Taranaki highway in August as she removed metal barriers from the road.

A Chinese driver whose rental car collided with another vehicle near Queenstown was a "classic case" of why tourists should sit a driving test, a judge says.

Road deaths in the past four days have contributed to a bad month on New Zealand's roads.

Concept plans for $450m of improvements to Auckland's Northern Motorway are also making allowances for a potential busway extension costing about $250m.

A 10-year-old may have dashed in to the road to return to a lakeside holiday home when she was fatally hit by a motorcycle in the third road fatality this long weekend.

A 10-year-old girl was hit by a motorcycle and killed last night, bringing the holiday weekend road toll to three.

The holiday weekend road toll was at two today as the New Zealand Transport Agency urged motorists to be patient on the roads.

Commuters in and around Auckland are being urged to show patience as traffic is hindered by several gridlocks.

One person has died after a a car and truck collided north of Auckland. It is the first road death of the long weekend.

INTERACTIVE: Many Aucklanders swear their daily commute is much faster when schools are out. The Herald puts the theory to the test.

Northbound Auckland traffic backed up beyond Mt Wellington after a six-car crash at Spaghetti Junction blocked several lanes yesterday.

A car has crashed in Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway during rush hour

Traffic will gain clearer runs to and from Auckland Airport from a $140 million accelerated project to turn George Bolt Memorial Drive into a full motorway.

Thirteen people were treated for injuries after a crash between a car and a van on the Waikato Expressway, just 1km south of the Meremere Dragway this afternoon.

A woman who was drink-driving with an unrestrained young child standing in the car has been slammed by police for her "appalling and distressing" actions.

Fans heading to tonight’s Bledisloe clash at Eden Park are facing traffic chaos on Auckland’s motorway after a four car pile-up on a Newmarket off-ramp.