The good news and the problem with the new transport funding plan for Auckland.

Backers of $28 billion transport plan say it will finally unlock Auckland.

Penlink will run through Stillwater to join the motorway at Dairy Flat, taking pressure off the heavily congested arterial route through Silverdale. Twyford told the Herald the new Government will allocate $200 million to get the road built within the next 10 years.

A $28 billion transport programme has been unveiled for Auckland in what's been described by the Government and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff as the country's largest ever civil construction programme.

The Government and Auckland Council unveils 10-year transport plan for the city.

Tolls another blow for some motorists, National says

PPPs likely on two big road projects

Exclusive: The Government is about to announce funding for two big new roads in Auckland.

Penlink is a proposed alternative route between the Whangaparaoa Peninsula and State Highway 1 at Redvale. Source: Auckland Transport

Law Foundation report says law changes crucial so they can be used legally on NZ roads.

Lucas Arthur is unhappy about $65 "parking breach notices" handed to Uber and taxi drivers dropping off passengers at Princess Wharf. / Doug Sherring

Pilots describe laser strikes as "the most terrifying thing they've ever gone through".

Northcote Point Wharf will remain closed for the next couple of hours.

AT spokesperson tells of "ongoing battle" to keep motorists out of bus and transit lanes.

Commuters were being warned to expect delays.

The Government has signalled regulation is on the cards for the contentious practice

COMMENT: Government determined to turn us into cyclists and renewable energy users.

Air Wanganui flies celebrities around NZ as well as providing a vital health service.

Security officers prevent train passengers from confronting taggers.

COMMENT: The rest of New Zealand should not have to pay for Auckland's phony problem.

OPINION: Transport plans are no surprise but levy to pay for them is a hard sell.

COMMENT: Govt's new transport policy has generated an awful lot of nonsensical comment.

COMMENT: PM is absolutely right when she says it will cost motorists next to nothing.

More than 200,000 drivers have checked to see whether their car is part of the recall.

The Government has not told drivers its new fuel tax will be higher when GST is added.

The group says the authority is failing and trust is at an "all-time low".

COMMENT: This Government seems to hate cars and they hate people in cars.

Unlike other countries investing in electric rail, KiwiRail turned the switch off.

COMMENT: Congestion pricing, not fuel tax, is the way forward for Auckland.

New Government plans to bet big on public transport.