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Race against time to get road open
Contractors racing to clear a slip that has cut off State Highway 1 at the Brynderwyns expect to have both lanes open in time for the weekend.

Lack of child safety astonishes police
Plunket and police were disappointed to find 22 children aged under 5 not properly restrained in vehicles during a police operation in Auckland yesterday.

Brownlee hands over aviation duties
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee is giving up the aviation security share of his portfolio while the Civil Aviation Authority investigates his deliberate bypassing of airport security yesterday.

Parking warden bashed
A parking warden was admitted to hospital after being attacked on duty in Auckland - and the assault was so bad, it kept him in hospital for five nights.

Mark Bracey: Make people, not cars, the priority
Roads are for everyone and road rules were made for all road users.

Safety main factor for motorway merging
Who is in the right when you are on the motorway in the left hand lane and traffic is joining from an on-ramp and coming into your lane?

Aratere - back, but hardly shipshape
The beleaguered Interislander ferry Aratere cancelled another sailing this morning - in what is only its second day back in service after a 3-month refurbishment.

No plain sailing for troubled Aratere
It returned to service yesterday after eight months - and the troubled ferry Aratere has had a sailing today cancelled.

Passenger: Bus firm left me in lurch
A bus passenger has accused the Nakedbus company of abandoning her when weather conditions terminated her bus route to the Bay of Islands.

2030: No drivers, no traffic jams
Hours stuck on our car-clogged city motorways could be just a memory by 2030, says a visiting Stanford University energy expert.

Brian Rudman: We need a tunnel vision to help pay for rail link
The Government shouldn't suddenly decide that ratepayers be forced to beggar themselves to maintain and upgrade a public transport system, writes Brian Rudman.

Labour MP backs 'holiday highway'
Labour's only Northland MP, Kelvin Davis, is backing National's Puhoi to Wellsford extension, the roading project mocked as an unnecessary "holiday highway" by his colleagues.

Ask Phoebe: How Auckland landmarks got their names
I moved to Clendon Park last year, and I'm struggling to find much information about its history.

Busway extension left out of $815m plan
Auckland's successful Northern Busway has been set back by a Government decision to exclude an extension to Albany from an $815 million package.

How budget hit crunch point
Auckland Mayor Len Brown hailed his first 10-year budget in 2012 as the foundation block to transform Auckland once and for all.

Shipping near-misses on our coast
Collisions, ill-timed power failures, near misses and fires are among more than 50 dodgy incidents involving ships around our coasts over the past year.

Road hogs must tighten belts
Mayor Len Brown has carefully avoided this moment the whole of his first term, but sometime over the next 12 months, he's going to have to stand up and be counted.

Aratere ferry finally back in action
For the first time in eight months the Interislander ferry Aratere will cross the Cook Strait.

Ask Phoebe: Smart meters are here - like it or not
Q: We have been advised by our power supplier that smart meters are being installed in our area. Can we opt out and keep our original meter?

Tougher route for tourists
Tourist drivers are being quizzed and in some cases denied their hired vehicle as the industry looks at ways to improve safety.

Ask Phoebe: What owners get for their annual dog licence fees
What exactly does Auckland Council use dog registration fees for?

Trespasser on tracks delays Auckland trains
A trespasser on the tracks near the Britomart Transport Centre in downtown Auckland delayed some services today, Auckland Transport says.

Tolls option as council wields axe
Aucklanders will be given clear choices, including tolls and congestion charges, to pay for big transport projects in a black budget being partly unveiled today.

Uber drivers face UK criminal case as cabbies try to block app
Local taxi drivers in London are trying to block the approval of Uber's app, which connects passengers with cars, by filing criminal proceedings against six Uber drivers.

Path clear for car park fee rises
Auckland Council yesterday granted its transport arm the power to raise prices at four inner city council-owned car parks.

Campervans in his DNA
Tim Alpe was climbing the ranks at Tourism Holdings Ltd when he and younger brother Dan came up with an idea to launch a backpacker-focused car rental business.

Ask Phoebe: Crashes drop after give-way rule change
It is now more than two years since the rule dealing with priorities at intersections was changed.