We have a huge growth challenge in our city, but with that challenge we have an equally great opportunity, writes Auckland mayoral candidate Joe Palino.

Better prices may be in store for Auckland public transport users despite fare rises targeted at students and buyers of multiple-trip tickets.

Families of older drivers have been urged to look for danger signs, after a coroner found an elderly man who died in a crash had already been told to stop driving.

South Auckland train passengers face evening travel curfews unless they want to catch replacement buses, as KiwiRail plays catch-up on its delayed electrification project.

In Auckland, nearly 200 injury accidents were caused by driver distraction each year.

Struggling KiwiRail may soak up almost $600 million - or a tenth of the cash raised from partially privatising state-owned power companies, Budget documents reveal.

The head of Auckland Transport has come out swinging against the public transport system he runs saying trains and buses are late, infrequent and overcrowded.

When it comes to transport in Auckland the stakeholders are as many and varied as are the differing and divergent views.

Auckland rail services face another extended summer shutdown because of a six-month delay to a major component of the region's $1.16 billion electrification project.

There is an abundance of traffic lights in the New Lynn/Glen Eden areas.

It's bad enough being sat inside a stuffy, often crowded, opaque-windowed tube, when you know the way home, as it were, blind-folded, writes Brian Rudman.

Auckland's $500 million rail electrification project faces a six-month delay but KiwiRail vows it will still be ready for the first electric trains to start running in April.

A Queenstown policeman says more tourists seem to be driving poorly and coming to the attention of police.

Dunedin's central city parking is in for a shake-up as part of a push to improve cycle safety on the city's one-way streets.

A crime-fighting device capable of detecting dodgy drivers, unsafe vehicles and criminals is being trialled by police on Dunedin streets.

I regularly walk down Franklin Rd in Ponsonby and it is a lovely street. However, the condition of the footpath is dire, to say the least.

A number of buses remain out of action after failing police safety checks, forcing 24 services to be cancelled this morning.

Auckland Transport remains confident of rolling out its controversial Hop smartcard to bus fleets in the second half of this year despite limited extra funds being voted by councillors.

Auckland Transport expects more than 300 properties to be affected by a mega roading plan parallel to the Southern Motorway at Manukau.

A lack of taxis in some parts of Christchurch is causing major problems for evening revellers trying to get home safely.

The owner of a Lamborghini Gallardo has apologised for parking in a mobility space after he was publicly shamed on the internet.

Auckland's largest bus operator is promising passengers smoother rides from "black boxes" to monitor drivers' performance.

Police cars, delivery trucks and a Lamborghini owner who "didn't want to get a scratch" are among those being publicly shamed for parking in mobility spaces.

Forget about Auckland being atomised in a fiery volcanic cataclysm. Armageddon is going to arrive in this town by car, writes Greg Dixon.