Almost 7 per cent of children under 5 are not properly restrained in cars, a survey shows, and police say more could be done to ensure children are safe.

Toxic fumes in cabin air pose a health risk to frequent fliers and aircrew, a British coroner has said in a landmark report.

Paul Little last week learned Japan Post was making a takeover bid for Toll Holdings, and the bid valued his shares about A$110 million more than they were worth earlier in the day.

Police have released photographs of a group of youths suspected of causing $25k of damage to a train by hurling rocks during a night of disorder at Britomart.

Motorway tolls are gaining far more support from Aucklanders than lifting rates and fuel taxes to fill a $12 billion transport funding gap over 30 years.

Aprice gap of up to $60 has emerged between taxi companies travelling from Auckland Airport to the city.

A Hamilton taxi driver was allegedly found so drunk, slumped over his steering wheel covered in vomit, that he couldn't hold himself up.

The first stage of tunnelling the second tunnel on Auckland's Waterview Connection project will stop today.

Three people killed in a collision with a logging truck yesterday have been confirmed as American citizens, police say.

Three people who died in a collision with a logging truck in south Waikato yesterday were not believed to have been wearing seatbelts at the time.

Unsecured seating is being blamed for the large number of passengers injured when an Auckland ferry hit Devonport wharf yesterday, jolting many to the floor.

Sunset-chasers and their cars have been locked in Auckland's Mt Eden Domain again - despite a council apology last month to people stranded there by an earlier closing time.

Tony Holman writes: The secretive assets sales project highlights the anti-people, anti-democratic nature of the local government structure foisted upon the people of Auckland.

On Thursday I got the first Business Class upgrade of my life.

Waiheke Island’s new ferry operator says it cannot keep offering pensioners free passage without sharing a subsidy the Government pays its competitors.

Image-conscious Aucklanders appear far more likely to hire cars of their dreams than residents of other regions, according to a new survey.

Images of a man car-surfing on Auckland's Harbour Bridge have emerged as an Alexandra man remains in a critical condition after falling from a van travelling at high speed in Central Otago.

Two teenagers choked a taxi driver with wire before throwing him out of the taxi in northeast Queensland.

Auckland public transport passengers have lost about $35,000 in credit on electronic Hop cards disabled for repeated failures to tag off at the end of trips.

No city in the world has managed to pave its way out of congestion. Auckland will not be the first to succeed but it may be the last to try, writes Mark Bracey.

If light rail were to run through the veins of inner Auckland again, it would follow a track back in time.

This week Mayor Len Brown was caught asleep at the wheel. Neither he nor his retainers were aware, until alerted by the media, that a resolution was about to go before councillors.

Motorists have been hammered by three days of petrol price rises in the lead-up to the long weekend, prompting criticism by the AA of "trigger-happy" oil companies.

Motorists are urged to take care on the busy roads this holiday weekend, particularly after a spate of road crashes yesterday thought to be caused by wet conditions.

A German woman on holiday in New Zealand to visit her daughter was killed in a crash in Matakana, north of Auckland, yesterday.

Tech giants Google and Uber appear to be crossing into each other's territory.

One person died after a crash in Matakana and a school bus slid off the road in Manly as five incidents caused traffic chaos in the Auckland region yesterday.

New signs peppering streets around Auckland's Dominion Rd may have to be "re-skinned" to make them easier for motorists to read, the city's transport authority admits.