A painted cardboard train was paraded through central Wellington today in a push for a light rail system to be given the go-ahead.

Drivers in Auckland City yesterday did not appear to be paying attention to the summer speed threshold, with five drivers pulled over in about 30 minutes.

Bulldozing 500 affordable homes to make way for a $1b freight corridor through South Auckland has been ruled a 'non-starter' by Auckland mayor Len Brown.

It was hard to believe we were whooshing through South Auckland at 112km/h between high-speed braking trials on the first electric train, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

Ninety years after Auckland's leaders began hankering after electric trains in 1923, the city is poised to join the world of modern rail transport.

Recently, the new traffic lights on the interchange at Lincoln Rd on the Northwestern Motorway were turned on. It's now taking up to 45 minutes to access the motorway from Universal Dr, compared to 15 minutes before.

A man who hit a jogger with his car, took her body and dumped it in a reserve 10km down the road, will spend at least the next 13 years behind bars.

Only once in all the times I've turned have I been given right of way.

KiwiRail says it has found a temporary replacement for the Interislander ferry Aratere, which lost a propeller during a Cook Strait crossing earlier this month.

Len Brown wants his council to look more to public private partnership models to create new infrastructure, saying it could relieve the financial burden on ratepayers and taxpayers.

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It is not possible to quarantine the system while we take it from being out of date and constrained to modern and functional, writes Lester Levy.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.

A man repeatedly charged double his bus fare is the latest disgruntled customer in Auckland Transport's new electronic payment system.

The City Rail Link (CRL) is the key project in an integrated transport programme to keep Auckland moving as the city grows by more than 700,000 people during the next 30 years. courtesy Auckland Transport.

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.