Data visualisation shows the aggregate travel patterns created by over 9.5 million rail trips made by passengers using HOP cards between July 2013 and June 2014.

Almost $9 million in parking and traffic fines has gone unpaid in Auckland in the past year, and the worst offender owes nearly $38k.

Trams could be heading into Auckland city again, almost 60 years after the original tracks were torn up.

Auckland mayor is struggling to put together a budget that will accommodate his magnificent obsession, the $2.5b underground City Rail Link, Brian Rudman writes.

Tragedies such as the Carterton balloon crash and MH370 have influenced the creation of a "Watch List" designed to highlight air, sea and rail safety concerns.

Air Force has changed its procedures following a difficult landing in near white-out conditions in Antarctica with a plane low on fuel and carrying 130 people.

No, says Auckland Transport, they are not red light cameras. They are traffic management CCTV cameras.

In part four of the Herald series on how to make Auckland better, we look at the pros and cons of health-care in New Zealand's biggest city.

Air New Zealand is being investigated over possible misleading or deceptive conduct in the way it sells insurance with air fares.

Auckland is a great place - but it can be even better. In the second of our five-part Future Auckland series we aim to stimulate debate. Teuila Fuatai reports.

This week the Herald looks at what Auckland needs to make it an even better place to live. Today we focus on its transport woes, and how to solve them.

People who live beside Auckland's Southern Motorway are subjected to air pollution at nearly double the level of those 130m further away, research shows.

An interactive map reveals the change in commuting patterns in New Zealand since 2001.

If trams are found to be compatible with cars on big city roads, and will carry more people more quickly, then the Auckland Council, Govt and ratepayers must seriously consider them.

Any new generation of Auckland trams would likely start from the waterfront and head up the Dominion Rd commuter spine via Queen St, says the city's transport head.

Household rates could rise by 7.6 per cent this year if the city adopts a motorway toll of $2 or a regional fuel tax to tackle the city's transport challenges.

Just because pohutukawa trees prosper in Auckland's coastal setting is not a reason to treat them as a weed and hack them down when they get in the way of a road builder.

Tree campaigners are vowing to go to court if Auckland's roading authority presses on with plans to chop down six 80-year-old pohutukawa.

More than 640 drivers were stung with fines during a 24-hour, 84-checkpoint police road safety blitz in central Auckland yesterday.

Difficulties for the start-up of the Uber passenger service have prompted an official review of New Zealand's regulations.

A review of taxi regulations has been launched following a complaint from new industry player Uber.

This is the miraculous moment a driver survived being crushed between two big rigs in a nightmare pileup on an icy freeway.

A Court of Appeal win for a Christchurch company which dug up a carpark over a $300,000 payment reinforces the importance of clear communication in arrangements.

Police are concerned drivers are getting complacent about using mobile phones after the number caught using them has doubled since 2010.

It's been labelled a revenue-gathering mission, but the police "zero tolerance" summer speed limit campaign contributed just $420 in fines.

The police last week kicked a DJ, Tim Phin, out of a car. His crime? A capitalist act between consenting adults.

An internet company that shares its name with the controversial app Uber is embroiled in a trademark stoush with the global giant.

I don't know what Michael Woodhouse found confusing about the zero tolerance on speeding campaign. The message was pretty clear, writes Kerre McIvor.

People wanting to sit practical driving tests are facing hefty waits of up to six weeks before their driving skills can be assessed.

Fifteen fatalities upset the armchair experts, but the bigger picture shows there's no need for alarm, says Eric Crampton