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Alice eats her way towards daylight
It feels like riding some sort of subterranean paddle steamer on a voyage back from the centre of the Earth.
It feels like riding some sort of subterranean paddle steamer on a voyage back from the centre of the Earth.
Police have stopped and ticketed several drivers speeding past schools this week - including a high school teacher and a father with his pre-school aged daughter in the back.
Aircraft have flown too close to one another over Auckland 19 times in two years; the figure was disclosed after two incidents in one day.
A bus company has refunded all 37 passengers who endured two breakdowns on a nightmare ride through the central North Island.
Motorists are evading hundreds of dollars in vehicle licensing fees by incorrectly registering their cars as farm vehicles.
Three Auckland passenger trains ran red lights last month, alarming rail operator Transdev.
A $11m cycleway through Grafton Gully will open this week - but there's no access to Auckland university - sold as the cycleway's most likely users.
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has left open a prospect of trains, trams or buses running under Auckland's Waitemata Harbour - not just motorway traffic.
Auckland Mayor Len Brown is talking of selling council carparks and naming rights to swimming pools to help balance the books in his new 10-year budget.
Prime Minister John Key says if Winston Peters holds the balance of power after the election, he believes the NZ First leader will exercise it responsibly and not force New Zealand back into an election.
A decision not to move the interisland ferry terminal from Picton to Clifford Bay has resulted in KiwiRail land being sold to a wine grower.
Auckland faces rate hikes of 3.5 per cent for eight years straight and $2.8 billion of cuts to capital projects.
Twelve alleged sexual assaults were among almost 200 formal complaints laid against taxi drivers and companies with NZ Transport Agency in the past year.
Hundreds of capital projects totalling about $300 million are being deferred by Auckland Council this year to address pressures in next year's black budget.
A reader writes: I'd like to get some clarification on the road rules at the intersection of School Rd and Vodanovich Rd in Te Atatu South. Who exactly has the right of way?
McConnell Dowell Constructors is drilling an underground tunnel north of Auckland, from the Watercare Pump Station at Orewa to subdivisions north of Grand Drive.
Labour and the Greens both want an immediate start to Auckland's underground railway, but are divided over whether to complete the $2 billion-plus Waikato Expressway.
National has just announced $100 million over four years for new urban cycleways, as Labour and the Greens promise to eclipse that investment.
Visiting world motoring chief Jean Todt has praised New Zealand's road safety effort, but says there must be no let-up, and is challenging sports stars to join the cause.
The Government is looking at an early start on the $2.4 billion City Rail Link - but only for a short section of the route to go with the redevelopment of the Downtown Shopping Centre.
A reader writes: Why is petrol at the pump priced to the third decimal place - a thousandth of a cent?