Just recently I have noticed a huge new piece of machinery - a gantry perhaps - near where the Waterview tunnel is being built, at the Waterview end.

Becoming ruthless with their whistles and no longer waiting for last-minute "runners" at railway stations has helped Auckland train crews to achieve record punctuality.

Forty of the state-owned company's locomotives were taken out of action following the discovery of the potentially deadly material in a soundproofing compound inside one of the vehicles.

If it was harder for young people to get a driver's licence, families like the Roberts would not have to live every day in anguish.

Can you tell me whether trucks should be using Ireland Rd in Panmure as a thoroughfare?

Every year at this time schools run an awareness safety programme when it comes to dropping off and picking up kids, writes John Dybvig.

In their first 10 years of holding a licence, young Kiwi drivers are up to twice as likely to die or be seriously injured on New Zealand roads than other motorists.

Passenger services on a section of track in Auckland where a train derailed early yesterday morning will continue to run more slowly than usual for the next few days.

Passenger train services on a south Auckland track should be back up and running in time for tonight's Bruce Springsteen concert following a derailment overnight.

According to Auckland Transport the introduction of electric trains is projected to increase passenger numbers from 10 million in 2013 to 14 million in 2016.

Auckland's main business lobby says a freight corridor through the industrial belt from Onehunga to East Tamaki is far more urgent.

An advertisement in which police falsely accused a truck driver of causing a crash is unlikely to cause widespread offence, the ASA rules.

It is the king tides that tend to flood this section of motorway, not all high tides.

Paula and Joseph Anderson fear a motorway slicing through their bush-clad valley south of Warkworth will take at least $1 million off the value of their secluded property.

An online tracker to follow the steady progress of New Zealand's biggest dig is about to be revealed.

People will be able to bike or walk from Devonport to St Heliers via the proposed SkyPath, crossing the water under a new tube-like structure suspended beneath the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

Flights are resuming at Wellington Airport this afternoon after a thick, heavy fog lifted over the city, paving the way for one of the hottest days of the year.

Thick fog affecting Wellington airport and other parts of the city is not expected to lift until tomorrow morning.

Witnesses have described a woman's incredible courage after her leg was almost severed by the rear tray of a reversing truck.

Auckland Transport Hop cards have become fodder for scammers, after a Papatoetoe couple handed $20 to fake door-to-door sales representatives.

Police have apologised after wrongly issuing more than 20,000 traffic tickets because of a computer glitch.

A school principal prevented a likely fatal accident by jumping into a 29-tonne truck veering across State Highway 1 after its driver had passed out at the wheel.

Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney zooms around in one - now an Auckland man sees it as the ticket to beating the Super City's traffic congestion woes.

Senior Labour MP Trevor Mallard had to pass off a packed-up bicycle as a briefcase to be allowed to carry it in a taxi from Auckland Airport.

A 16km expressway north of Wellington has had resource consent granted by a Board of Inquiry.