By Sunday afternoon last Queen's Birthday Weekend, nine people had died on the roads but police believe drivers are abiding by the rules this year.

Police plan to crack down on speeding motorists doing as little as 4km over the limit this weekend.

Holidaymakers making an early break out of Auckland this afternoon face added disruption on the main road north, from opponents of the Super City.

We must not overlook practicality in our haste to leave a legacy, writes Brian Rudman.

Air NZ says reports one of its planes was on a collision course with another aircraft are nothing more than "sensationalist" media coverage.

An investigation has begun into why a Virgin Australia Boeing 777 and an Air New Zealand 767 were on a collision course in Fiji air space last month.

Two cars belonging to one person have made almost 700 trips on the Northern Gateway motorway without paying the $2-a-trip toll - and the owner now faces fines of more than $26,000 if the fees are not paid.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the number of drivers found with drugs in their bloodstream show the law is working as intended.

John Key's national cycleway has hit a bumpy patch, with only about 10km constructed from the $50m fund set up for the project.

Keeping cellphones off during flights will soon be a thing of the past with Air New Zealand set to introduce new aircraft with mobile and internet services later this year.

A concessional bus pass for the disabled has turned into a nightmare for Auckland man Brett Edge, who has been refused a discount 15 times.

Air New Zealand is increasing its international capacity by 4.9 per cent and domestic capacity by 3.8 per cent as it starts to see a recovery in air travel.

Air New Zealand climbed from eighth-best in the world last year's to fifth in this year's annual world airline awards.