
D-Day for angry airport taxi drivers
Angry taxi drivers will consider blocking access to Auckland Airport and inner city streets if their demands are not met by airport executives today.
Angry taxi drivers will consider blocking access to Auckland Airport and inner city streets if their demands are not met by airport executives today.
It is not possible to quarantine the system while we take it from being out of date and constrained to modern and functional, writes Lester Levy.
The propeller that fell off the Interisland ferry Aratere in Cook Strait has been found.
Auckland's new $100 million public transport ticketing system is being labelled "a dog" and a shambles by passengers upset at being over-charged or locked out of the system.
Disgruntled taxi drivers will consider a nationwide strike if their demands, which include raising the minimum price of fares, are not met by Auckland Airport next week.
The Auckland Council is revising down its public transport goals next year from 83 million trips to 78 million.
The trams are returning to Cathedral Square after an almost three-year absence following the February 2011 earthquake.
An enormous amount of work is going on at the foreshore near Onehunga, and I have read little about it.
Auckland Transport has backed down over refusals to reimburse a woman who loaded more than $50 on a Hop bus card two days before the card became redundant.
The Govt has approved a fast-track consenting process for a $760m Auckland motorway that has yet to be given a start date.
Auckland Transport is acting like an Indonesian execution squad, refusing to give victims any prior warning of their appointed date with destiny, writes Brian Rudman.
Motoring enthusiasts have toned it down away from the track after a police promise to come down hard on speeding and drunk drivers.
Bus card operator Snapper could snaffle up to $2 million from commuters who are left with cash on their cards this summer.
Drivers who refuse to pay speeding fines will have their licence confiscated - sometimes on the side of the road - and possibly lose their car under changes due in months.
Auckland Transport refuses to say if it will keep giving passengers with only old purple Snapper Hop cards free trips on buses equipped with newer technology.
A financially troubled council body has splashed out about $41,500 on a party for 1700 staff and family at the Cloud.
Many Auckland bus passengers face a lucky dip today over which type of electronic Hop card will get them to work or classes.
Replacing a propeller which fell off an Interislander ferry during a Cook Strait crossing could take up to nine months, KiwiRail says.
Fog has caused delays and cancellations to flights in and out of Wellington Airport, while the rest of the country prepares for "a better looking weekend" and Auckland a "gorgeous" Saturday.
Morning commuters were delayed in Wellington today after a car rolled on Aotea Quay.
A swift crackdown is expected on what the New Zealand Taxi Federation calls illegal and unacceptable moonlighting by unqualified Dunedin drivers charging fees, having passengers buy them petrol, or accepting donations for their services.
The days of hailing a cab may soon be in the past thanks to a new taxi app that promises passengers can order their ride, watch it approach and pay using a smartphone.
This is what Air New Zealand had to say about its Boeing 787 Dreamliner before it made its debut.
The City of Sails is fast becoming the City of Snails, and is rising on a list of the world's most congested cities compiled by navigation firm TomTom.