New drink limits are far from a harsh crackdown. It is a step that finds the Govt in tune with the level of drink-driving that most people here and abroad think acceptable.

A bus driver has been stood down amid reports he did two U-turns on a busy motorway in Wellington.

The Government is reviewing a voluntary code of conduct for wheel-clamping, which Labour and the Automobile Association want made mandatory, with a maximum $50 fee.

New laws for child seats in cars come into effect today, but police will be taking a discretionary approach while parents get to grips with the rules.

A year-long trial change in the landing approach for some flights to Auckland's airport will end today after months of residents complaining of increased noise.

Texting, reading magazines, eating and applying makeup are among the top 10 driver distractions, an AA Insurance survey has found.

Paying $190 a month for a parking space did not exempt Jonathan Macdonald from finding his car clamped as he rushed to meet teachers at his son's school.

Brett Cleaver is furious that an evening out with his daughter was ruined by a wheel-clamper bent on recovering fines allegedly owed by a previous owner of his car.

Let's not forget that over the past year, 77 per cent of Auckland's 69.23 million public transport trips were on buses, writes Brian Rudman.

City's unemployment at lowest level since 2011 with average pay up to $1135 a week, writes Anne Gibson.

Poor transport remains Aucklanders' biggest bugbear, eclipsing the shortage of affordable housing.

Women drivers possibly cost 1 per cent off our GNP, through causing massive delays in city traffic flows, writes Bob Jones. Nowhere in the world do people drive in the right-hand lane as women persistently do here,

City bins for reusables not the place for grocery or bread holders, writes Phoebe Falconer.

The American driver of a van which crashed near Turangi, killing three students, had told his passengers to put their seatbelts on, a coroner found.

Christchurch International Airport's target profits for the next two decades have been labelled "excessive" by the Commerce Commission.

I have concerns driving over the rail crossing in Woodward Ave, Mt Albert. There are wooden slats which hold the railway lines in place.

The Serious Fraud Office has executed search warrants in its probe of people linked to Auckland Transport.

When the tunnel boring machine Alice has finished tunnelling the SH20 extensions in Waterview, what will happen to her?

Fatality sparks safety call, and experts warn that quieter trains will increase risks.

Train commuters in Wellington will face disruptions this morning with eight trains still off the rails.

A friend and I were chatting over coffee recently and watching the traffic roll by.