Police Commissioner Mike Bush has admitted there was some confusion around police’s summer road safety campaign.

Hundreds of travellers and holidaymakers have been left stranded after flights to and from Tonga were cancelled yesterday because of a huge volcanic ash cloud.

A taxi driver is out of a job after allegedly being found more than three times over the new drink driving limit.

The Police Minister has defended his decision not to intervene in the police’s summer road safety campaign despite concerns it could be confusing and misleading.

It is not difficult to see the potential attraction of Uber in a city with among the most expensive taxis in the world. Yet, as in many other cities, the ride is proving far from smooth.

The Police Minister has admitted he had concerns over the summer speed enforcement message before it went public, saying it was confusing and ambiguous.

Mr Pettigrew, 62, hardly misses a beat in greeting or thanking and farewelling each passenger boarding or getting off his bus.

A driver for ride-hailing service Uber is alleged to have indecently assaulted a 19-year-old woman in Melbourne.

The $1.4 billion Waterview Connection in Auckland - has passed the halfway mark now that two of the traffic ramps for its giant motorway-to-motorway interchange are completed.

Only one person has been banned from driving under a punitive new regime for motorists who refuse to pay their speeding fines.

The type of New Zealand-built aircraft involved in yesterday's skydiving crash has never been in an accident due to a mechanical error before, its maker says.

"Exiting a plane at low altitude to get out and activate parachutes and have them open normally and land safely is amazing."

Auckland councillor Dick Quax has been causing a stir online with flippant comments about public transport and the regular presence of police in an Auckland suburb.

AirAsia crash victim's family learned of their loved one's fate after being sent a selfie he featured in, taken on board flight QZ8501 as it prepared for takeoff.

Kiwis should have more disposable cash as petrol prices fall around the country, but consumer groups say the amount we fork out at the pumps should be lower still.

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Police will continue their crackdown on speed and alcohol after a holiday period in which 17 people died on the country's roads.

The death of a man in Christchurch overnight has brought the holiday road toll to 17 - more than double those of the last two years.

An Indonesian official last night said objects had been spotted in the sea by a search plane hunting for the missing AirAsia jet.

Air New Zealand's flights to Buenos Aires will be more than a third filled with passengers from Australia, an analysis of the service says.

Eighty five years ago the carrier that was to become Hawaiian Airlines started commercial flights using a plane dubbed the "ugly duckling".

Motorists heading home or away today are being told to expect delays with several roadworks under way.

Police are urging care on the roads over the holidays as a four-car crash leaves one person critically injured.

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Police are putting their traffic enforcement focus on holiday black spots to keep the annual road toll from surging above 300 deaths.

Auckland commuters got a preview into the city's next big rail project set to start next year.