It's not obvious to Rodney Hide that a heavy train having to stop and start and be confined to tracks is the best way to ferry people around Auckland.

Aucklanders face paying to drive on city roads unless they are prepared to swallow hefty rates or fuel tax rises.

Gridlocked rush-hour traffic is backing up on Auckland's southern motorway following a crash this afternoon that left one person dead.

There was traffic chaos throughout Auckland last night with motorways clogged so badly it took some motorists more than an hour longer than usual to get home.

There are fears Dunedin could lose out to Auckland as a result of proposed changes to the way the New Zealand Transport Agency allocates funding for roading projects.

The New Zealand Transport Agency plans to phase in a 12-month warrant of fitness from October, nine months earlier than originally planned.

Motorists are paying more money to park in downtown Auckland under a new scheme which allows them to stay longer - if they are prepared to pay extra.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has been a key player in withdrawing - and reinstating - funding for the two historic trams in Wynyard Quarter, official papers show.

Auckland Transport is taking a "simplified" fares system for buses and trains back to the drawing board after public concern that it favoured the North Shore over other areas.

Rail commuters are facing major delays in Auckland this morning after two separate signal failures.

It takes a lot to get Aucklanders riled, writes Matt McCarten. "When they do, governments fall."

A grass-roots protest against a planned Rotorua Eastern Arterial (REA) route is gaining momentum with hundreds of people taking to the internet to voice their opposition.

Darrell Preston would rather hobble 5km a day on a bad knee than take his chances with the new train ticketing machines.

It's taken 10 years, but finally the penny has dropped in the dark recesses of Auckland Transport's brain box, writes Brian Rudman.

Schoolkids are causing chaos on peak time Auckland buses, although officials say nothing can be done because refusing to take them would infringe students' rights.

The Waioeka Gorge between Opotiki and Gisborne has been officially reopened to traffic.

New Zealand's biggest civil engineering, roading and resources business has denied a report it is being put up for sale.

The blood-alcohol limit for drivers should be lowered to prevent more unnecessary road deaths, says one of New Zealand's most experienced police officers.

A partially-sighted Tauranga woman was reduced to pushing aside her fringe to reveal an empty eye socket before a bus driver agreed to issue her a concession fare.

Maori and Pacific Island children are more likely to be injured in a crash on Auckland roads than anyone else, research reveals.

You've probably seen it happen, writes Marillyn Johnson. You're mindful of traffic infringement fines and public safety, then someone on a bike rides past you, straight through the red lights.

The world's first airline to charge passengers by weight - rather than a normal fare structure - says the policy helps raise obesity awareness and improve public health.

InTehran RTS Labs is developing a ship-based quadcopter designed to rescue people at risk of drowning.

Could you clarify the parking situation whereby one has to drive into an angle park or parking space at right angles to the kerb on a public road.

Canberra's $358 million Majura Parkway contract is one of the largest won by Fulton Hogan.

Main roads out of major centres were clogged with traffic today as holidaymakers hit the roads for the Easter weekend, but so far drivers were being patient police say.