Crashes on Auckland and Wellington highways are causing havoc for rush hour traffic.

Traffic is flowing smoothly in and out of the country's main centres as holidaymakers return home from their long Anzac weekend.

I don't suffer from road rage; it's the lights that get me going. Or not going.

The Easter holiday period has ended with the worst road toll in three years, with four deaths on the country's roads.

Traffic delays are testing the patience of motorists in Waikato as holidaymakers head home after the long weekend.

Highways in and out of main centres around the country suffered heavy congestion today as holidaymakers attempted to make the most of their long weekend en masse.

Police are urging all motorists to heed their "drive to survive" message over the Easter break.

Q: Are there any plans to adjust how traffic merges onto the Northern Motorway from the Wellington St on-ramp?

Transport planners were accused yesterday of trying to limit access to an 18.5-kilometre extension of Auckland's Northern Motorway to make it easier to toll drivers.

Warkworth's maddening turnoff to eastern beaches will be worsened by a $760 million motorway extension past the town, a retired senior engineer warned a board of inquiry yesterday.

Road safety messages urging drivers to take breaks have been contrasted to a lack of service facilities proposed for a 18.5-kilometre extension of Auckland's Northern Motorway.

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.

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.