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.

A large tree has fallen across State Highway 1 north of Auckland resulting in traffic delays in the area, police say.

State Highway 2 is closed at Mangatawhiri following a serious crash at about 2:30pm involving a car and a truck loaded with sand.

Police have resorted to phoning rental companies to remove unsafe tourist drivers from the road.

Traffic lights. Can't do with them, can't do without them. Or can we? A century after the world's first lights were switched on, what's the future of traffic control?

Cameras stationed at intersections are said to be capable of giving Auckland Transport more accurate information about traffic flow and congestion than is now available.

Relief could be at hand for motorists and cyclists suffering red-light rage on Auckland's clogged roads.

A baby being dangled outside a car window has distressed Hamilton police.

The World Cup final appears to have cost some football fans a day's skiing.

Auckland motorists travelling on low lying sections of the city's motorway network tonight are being warned to beware of flooding due to a king tide and strong winds.

Horrified motorists rushed to the aid of four seriously injured people after two cars collided head-on last night on Dunedin's Southern Motorway.

A combination of factors is credited for a drop in car usage, including; higher fuel prices, improved public transport and off-putting traffic congestion, writes Brian Rudman.

As Auckland prepares to cram in up to a million more residents over the next 30 years, parking fees and time limits may spread. Are tighter parking restrictions going to help Auckland?