Aucklanders will have to pay to drive at peak times if the city is to overcome its growing traffic problems, says outgoing Auckland mayor Len Brown.

Aucklanders may have to stump up extra $300 million for City Rail Link after confirmation the cost has blown out to between $2.8 billion and $3.4 billion.

A Sydney man proposed to his girlfriend moments after their helicopter crashed near Queenstown this week.

The Aratere ferry will be back sailing tonight, three days after a minor mechanical failure was discovered.

Minister Simon Bridges and Mayor Len Brown address media on the current state, cost and operation of the City Rail Link project.

In a major milestone for Auckland City, the Government will today officially stump up half the cost of the long-awaited city rail link.

Air accident investigators have interviewed the five passengers on board a helicopter that rolled over on landing near Queenstown yesterday afternoon.

The Transport Minister is introducing a bill to Parliament which seeks to unify road laws so Uber and taxi companies all meet the same rules.

COMMENT: Imagine a co-ordinated fleet of minibuses that pick passengers up from where they are and drop them off at their destination.

COMMENT: Ride-sharing business Uber is not a public company but a number of analysts have begun assessing it as.

Transport Agency makes a U-turn motorway offramp decision.

An electric tuk tuk business is facing speed bumps ahead of the summer tourism boom.

Phil Goff's transport policy includes a plan to bring forward construction of a light rail system on Auckland isthmus and possibly all the way to airport.

The first official trial of autonomous vehicles is set to hit New Zealand roads in November.

The country's first official demonstration of an autonomous driving vehicle using New Zealand roads is set to take place in Tauranga

COMMENT: It is time to rethink how we build and maintain the infrastructure networks on which Kiwis rely.

Tauranga motorcyclist Rhys Middleton was killed by an overseas driver. Now his mother is campaigning for a change in the law allowing visitors to drive in NZ.

A fault has sparked major disruptions to Auckland's train service this morning.

COMMENT: Juha Saarinen reviews the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.

Uber and Norwegian Air both comply when regulators force them to temper their cost-cutting in favor of following socially oriented rules.

Four out of five customers now choose to pay for their public transport trip with the travel card.

Australian taxi drivers are obliged to ask passengers which route they want to take - but not here in New Zealand.

She was failed for going too fast, then failed for going too slow - while others have simply fled city and country just to get their licence.

Anyone looking to sit their restricted in this part of NZ better know their stuff - it has the lowest pass rate in the country with two thirds flunking.

COMMENT: The stake involved in sorting out Auckland's transport system are incredibly high - and the next mayor has to get it right.

The report which spurred AT's decision to rule out heavy rail between the city centre and Auckland Airport is "deeply flawed" advocates say.

A public meeting about a recent decision to drop trains as an option for quick and congestion-free transport to the airport is expected

Man dies after being hit by train in Penrose

A Kiwi team is battling sweltering and dusty conditions in the Middle East.

Auckland Council is charging customers three full days parking fees if they lose their ticket at three of its central city carparks.