Government road-builders stand accused of undermining Auckland's public transport effort by closing bus priority lanes for the Transport Agency's $220 million upgrade.

Auckland Transport intends ditching discount travel passes while extending the $100 million Hop ticketing system to buses.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland's Harbour Bridge following a four-car crash this morning.

Enjoy the wide open, uncongested streets while you can for one last day. On Monday the kids come back from their school holidays and the traffic snarl-ups will return.

Roads near Auckland's $1.4 billion Waterview motorway project will close late tonight to enable delivery of part of a giant tunnelling machine that has arrived from China.

Currently Auckland Central street name signs have blue backgrounds which are being phased out.

The Tunnel boring machine has arrived in Auckland (in many pieces) and the next step is assembling the machine and getting it ready for action.

Supporters of the monarchy were last night preparing to bathe New Zealand in pink or blue to celebrate the royal baby's birth.

Wellington commuter lines will remain closed tomorrow morning with no peak train services or bus replacements operating.

A clamping company charging people $100 for parking for as little as a minute in a carpark have been accused of bullying.

Building park-and-ride facilities is the first transport priority for Auckland mayoral candidate John Palino, whose long-term solution is to build satellite centres where people can live, work and play.

A clamping company charging people $100 for parking a minute in a supermarket car park has been accused of bullying.

A proposed tunnel was rejected yesterday by the Conservation Minister - but that doesn't guarantee the thumbs down for a 41km monorail.

Red light-jumpers have been put on notice that cameras will installed at the country's most dangerous intersections.

A Wellington bus company is undergoing an urgent review after safety checks uncovered more than 100 faults on its fleet.

The Government has rejected two proposals for getting Auckland road users to pay for an estimated $12 billion shortfall in funding for roading projects.

Charging for the use of some or all of the roads in the city would be unpalatable to everybody - at first. But it's the obvious answer.

Aucklanders face steep fuel tax and rates rises from 2015 unless the council can borrow against government permission to impose new road charges in future years.

A rail link to the airport will be a focus over the next year if Mayor Len Brown wins a second term at October's local body elections.

Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.

Drivers may be tolled at Auckland motorway exit ramps to ease pressure on ratepayers over a $12b transport funding gap.

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Drivers across Auckland today voiced their contempt for "ridiculous" rising fuel costs.

Hikes in fuel prices have forced the cost of petrol to a record high - with two large chains upping the cost of 91-octane to $2.27 per litre today.

A downtown Auckland shopping centre will be demolished to make way for the multibillion-dollar Central Rail Link.

Former Auckland mayor Christine Fletcher has told how she effectively bet her home as well as $300 million of ratepayers' money on her vision for Britomart.