A 50-year-old bus driver sacked for sexual harassment denies the claims - but admits she talked about getting 'pissed' with 15-year-olds.

Kiwis flying out of the United Kingdom face hefty fare increases after an increase in British departure taxes that could cost up to $355.

Tourism NZ has slammed a 55 per cent increase in the flight tax tourists from the United Kingdom will have to pay to fly to our shores.

A backlash against big spikes in departure tax for people travelling on long-haul flights from Britain has gone global.

High-speed trains linking Australia's big eastern seaboard cities are again on the horizon.

NZ entrepreneur Derek Handley has paid a deposit for one of the first rides on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space flights.

Auckland International Airport says it is expecting net profit in a range from $112 million to $118m for the 2011 financial year, when one-off items are excluded.

A friend of a woman killed by a repeat driver has asked for a ministerial inquiry into the justice system's handling of the offender.

A huge majority of police want New Zealand's drink driving limit lowered, new survey results show.

A motorist has slammed the long weekend road safety drive as a money-making scheme after being fined by an officer he says popped out from behind a power pole with a speed gun.

'Friends and family members gasped in horror at the amount of times he had been caught, convicted, then cyclically reoffended.'

Over 3000 NZers have signed up to the NZ Herald's 'Two Drinks Max' campaign, aimed at convincing the Govt to lower NZ's drink driving limit.