Another step in the long wait for the Dreamliner will be taken today when Air New Zealand staff get their first opportunity to pore over a "demonstrator" aircraft.

Cyclists are stunned by the serious injuries sustained by a club champion and his wife on a road described as a "death trap".

Monorail similar to Sydney's pitched to councillors.

A fully fitted out Boeing 787 is scheduled to visit Auckland next week on the final leg of a global tour to show off the plane.

Harley-Davidson has doubled sales to kiwi women in the past three years even as the nation's overall market for big bikes has shrunk.