Five years of budget blowouts: How KiwiRail’s mega-ferry vision unravelled
How the now-scrapped ferry project went from costing $775m to $3b.
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Mega-ferry wreck: Has Govt lost confidence in KiwiRail’s board?
The project to replace Interislander’s existing fleet has met a dramatic end.
Luxon heckled to repay $8k Tesla subsidy as Govt ditches 'ute tax'
The Government says it will publish a report on the EV law, but not before voting begins.
Watch: MPs urgently debate Interislander ferries’ upgrade project collapse
Questions expected to include the future of the Interislander ferries, GDP, three waters.
Passenger hits out at Govt's decision to can Cook Strait ferries
"What is the Government waiting for? An actual disaster where people lose their lives?"
'Inadequate': Lack of crew, safety plan made Auckland train accident more likely
The train slid 55m on its side before stopping.
Work on final site of flood repairs on SH4 completed
Work on the site started in early 2022.
New fares for Horizons buses target reward frequent users
The changes will make cash fares more expensive for people doing one-zone trips.
Truck certificate of fitness delays cause hassles
Truckies are hoping somebody coughs up a solution to serious testing delays.
Iwi boss installs boulders to block vehicle access to beach
Bayden Barber says children are being 'run off the beach by vehicles'.
High-speed e-scooters being left unchecked by Waka Kotahi
According to the NZ Transport Agency, e-scooters cannot exceed 300 watts.
Massive $204m payment to settle: SkyCity to appease Macquarie
SkyCity argued it should only pay $188m while MPF Parking’s arguments had been for $240m.
Old taxi ban at airport: 'People don’t want to sit in a shabby cab.'
Airport says it wants to lift visitors' experience.
Albany bus station tragedy: Pedestrian dies after being ‘run over’ by bus
Witness says a person was struck by a bus while crossing the road at the station.
Bruce Cotterill: Public transport is going nowhere - time to take to the sea
OPINION: The transport headlines are coming thick and fast; everything is unravelling.
Transport boss leaves council amid restructuring
Transport team restructured, with $1.5b worth of transport projects planned for the city.
'Absurd delays': Auckland motorists furious over year-long wait to sit driver licence test
Parents say booking system shows year-long wait but NZTA disputes claims.
The Govt departments set to switch from Māori to English names
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi was first out of the blocks. Who's next?
Luxon says Cyclone Gabrielle-hit zones 'not forgotten', SH2 'in really bad shape'
The PM is in Cyclone Gabrielle-hit Wairoa in a change from his duties this week.
'Cheap politics': Labour fires back at Nicola Willis over ferry budget blowout
Labour finance spokesman Grant Robertson sheds more light on KiwiRail's ferry conundrum.
Clear-out at Waka Kotahi includes exit of chairman Paul Reynolds
The outgoing chairman joined the transport agency's board only in February.
NZ Transport Agency dumps Māori name first for English name
It’s now NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi after NZ First campaign to strip te reo names.
AT vows to fix 550km of potholed roads, but road deaths forecast from funding cuts
There'll be a blitz on road maintenance this summer, but safety funding could be cut.
Road extension facing ‘frustrating’ delays
In the meantime, it has allegedly "made a fine airstrip".
Simon Wilson: Wayne Brown's big day - will 'radical' budget draft see light of day?
OPINION: In Auckland's new budget debate, will some councillors just say no to everything?
Is your EV or e-bike running on child slavery?
The clean energy revolution is built on child labour, says Morgan Theakston.
Auckland's new $56b harbour crossing heading for the rocks
Nine plans for a new harbour crossing have come and gone since 1998.
Computerised flyover of the Waikare Deviation
A computerised Waka Kotahi flyover of the Waikare Deviation planned for State Highway 2 between Napier and Wairoa. Video / Waka Kotahi NZTA
Letters to the editor: Te reo is how we can give Māori their mana back
OPINION: Enhancing mana solves our social problems - reviving te reo is a way to do that.
'We’ve already got laws in place': Couple argue beach traffic can be safe
A total ban - or better policing of driving on coast?
Two arrests on Auckland motorways as Te Pāti Māori protests disperse
Te Pāti Māori says protests planned today are 'just the start' - taking aim at new Govt.
Simon Wilson: Parking panic and the oddly obstructive Heart of the City
OPINION: Why is there such a desperate campaign to save the underused Downtown car park?
Drones brought in to assess major slip, highway still blocked
The road was closed on Sunday due to a significant slip.