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Council warned of 'rat runners'

Ask Phoebe: Blue makes way for new green street name signs

Currently Auckland Central street name signs have blue backgrounds which are being phased out.

Roads close for tunnel-borer

Roads near Auckland's $1.4 billion Waterview motorway project will close late tonight to enable delivery of part of a giant tunnelling machine that has arrived from China.

Waterview tunnel borer arrives

The Tunnel boring machine has arrived in Auckland (in many pieces) and the next step is assembling the machine and getting it ready for action.

Pedestrian hurt as truck crash blocks port access

Waterview tunnel: How the boring machine works

Video Graphics that show how the TBM (called an EPBM or Earth Pressure Balance Machine) will bore and line the tunnel for the 2.4 km stretch between Owairaka and Waterview. The Tunnel Boring Machine not only bores the tunnel but also lines the tunnel with segments, essentially making the tunnel as it excavates through the ground.

Timelapse: Waterview Connection progress

Time-lapse video showing progress through June to prepare the Southern Approach Trench in Owairaka for the arrival of the TBM and subsequent start of tunnelling

Monarchists ready to light up NZ landmarks

Supporters of the monarchy were last night preparing to bathe New Zealand in pink or blue to celebrate the royal baby's birth.

Wgtn commuter lines remain closed

Wellington commuter lines will remain closed tomorrow morning with no peak train services or bus replacements operating.

Brian Rudman: Expensive transport plan doomed to failure

The cash would have been better spent on a giant fireworks display. At least we'd have got a bang or two for our bucks, writes Brian Rudman.

Govt rejects road tax, toll proposals

The Government has rejected two proposals for getting Auckland road users to pay for an estimated $12 billion shortfall in funding for roading projects.

Ask Phoebe: Only 4km h tolerance in school zones

Mayor focuses on rail link to airport

A rail link to the airport will be a focus over the next year if Mayor Len Brown wins a second term at October's local body elections.

Editorial: Unpalatable, yes, but tolls the obvious solution

Charging for the use of some or all of the roads in the city would be unpalatable to everybody - at first. But it's the obvious answer.

Rates, fuel tax rises tipped for roads

Aucklanders face steep fuel tax and rates rises from 2015 unless the council can borrow against government permission to impose new road charges in future years.

Auckland's choice: Tolls or taxes

Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.

Drivers face off-ramp toll

Drivers may be tolled at Auckland motorway exit ramps to ease pressure on ratepayers over a $12b transport funding gap.

Editorial: Politicians have a right to flip-flop

Editorial: When politicians have a change of mind, they have good reason to fear the consequences. But should they?