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Half-written text found in wreckage
A police officer has told how he picked up the phone of a driver killed in a road crash and found a half-written text message on it.
A police officer has told how he picked up the phone of a driver killed in a road crash and found a half-written text message on it.
Editorial: The reactions of Len Brown and Gerry Brownlee when the City Centre Future Access Study was released made it seem barely conceivable they had read the same report.
Periodically, calls are made for a rapid expansion of the population of New Zealand - 15 million has been identified as a desirable target.
Increased petrol tax and road user charges will hit consumers hard in these tough economic times, the National Association of Retail Grocers says.
Nabbing speeding drivers in Northland used to be a rather covert affair, but in a drive to make the region's roads safer a speed camera van is no longer incognito.
The Government will increase petrol tax by three cents a litre each July 1 for the next three years, with road user charges being increased by an equivalent amount.
Some people get their thrills pulling wings off flies. National Cabinet ministers engage in more drawn-out torture, writes Brian Rudman.
A $140 million four-lane motorway officially opened in Christchurch today was a "remarkable achievement" given the city's earthquake damage and disruption, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee said.
Gerry Brownlee and Len Brown have clashed over a report recommending plans for Auckland's proposed rail link. Do we need it? Vote here.
A report due out today on Auckland's transport is expected to warn of gridlock for the city if it continues to rely on existing roads.
Pedestrians were allowed to keep using an 85-year-old footbridge above Auckland's Tamaki Drive for four months after engineers had said it was not safe.
Pilots who transport sick children to vital medical appointments are proof angels do exist, and the search is on to find some in Tauranga.
Whakatakataka Bay lies at the end of Ngapipi Rd, just before the well-known green boatsheds.
The Kingston Flyer's owner has put the business up for sale, on the same day he suspended operations because of safety concerns.
Auckland transport politicians are backing a proposal to recreate beaches lost to North Shore's Shoal Bay when the harbour bridge was built in the 1950s.
Air New Zealand says it is already benefiting from The Hobbit, even before the movie's wide release.