Letters threatening stern action for non-payment are being sent out by debt-collecting agency Baycorp.

Cows caused traffic chaos on a major motorway south of Auckland after a cattle truck overturned this afternoon.

A man who left his four-year-old child home alone then tried to evade a police checkpoint is one of 17 facing drink-driving charges after a Bay of Plenty crackdown.

A man who wedged his double-trailer truck on a winding hill road north of Wellington after following GPS instructions was a disqualified driver, police say.

A cycling expert is calling on the Government to provide dedicated cycleways with curbing channels to protect cyclists from traffic.