Wendy's has gone to the High Court at Auckland after a development of a rival fast-food restaurant blocked an exit from one of the burger chain's Auckland stores.

Traffic will be delayed by the crash of a truck in Auckland, police say.

A South Auckland intersection that claimed 50 casualties in a decade has topped a list of the country's 100 most dangerous intersections.

Paris drastically reduced its smog problem by banning half of all private cars and motor-bikes and almost all trucks on Monday.

Four men have been arrested following a high-speed car chase across Auckland this afternoon.

Police are scrambling to rectify and reissue more than $600,000 in traffic fine notices that were sent to the wrong people.

Police have apologised after wrongly issuing more than 20,000 traffic tickets because of a computer glitch.

A 16km expressway north of Wellington has had resource consent granted by a Board of Inquiry.

Auckland's northern motorway has been reduced to one lane after a small truck flipped in the south bound lane at Dairy Flat.

Motorists travelling north for the long weekend should expect delays, police say.

North Shore targeted in transport crackdown.

A woman arrested for drink-driving with two small children in the car had one of the highest breath-alcohol levels recorded in New Zealand.

Wet weather, a serious crash and the post-Christmas rush combined to bring bumper-to-bumper congestion on long sections of highways.

Motorists are being warned to take care on slippery roads today and leave plenty of time to get to destinations.

The busy period on the roads for holiday travellers in and out of Auckland is expected to start today, with 5,000 to 8,000 more vehicles on the road daily.

The sudden closure of a pair of access lanes could damage Chris Christie's campaign to become US president, with Democrats claiming it was an act of political revenge.

A $19 million project to widen 2km of Auckland's Northern Motorway has been launched today, with construction set to begin next year.

A mother who was driving in a high-occupancy vehicle lane with her two young children was shocked to get a $150 infringement notice.