Planting flowers on roadside verge isn't allowed - it's council property.

Information enables a safer route to be planned to avoid accident blackspots

The first flight back from London after disruptions from volcanic ash has landed at Auckland airport.

Auckland commuters will be among the first to be called on to pay more for KiwiRail services under a 10-year turnaround plan.

Stake holdings in Auckland Airport suppress value and opportunity, says Alasdair Thompson.

Listening to an iPod and rolling a cigarette while driving are legal under NZ law, but authorities do not recommend them.

The Govt is considering taking over Safe Air in Blenheim so the air force can finish having its five C-130 Hercules upgraded.

Work on the Newmarket Viaduct project is scheduled to be finished in 2012.

Air traffic could return to half its normal level in Europe if clouds dissipate overnight, EU officials have said.

Air NZ has started flying passengers home from stopovers if they are unwilling or unable to wait for ash to clear over Europe.

Britain is bracing for what scientists warn could be weeks of disruption from the volcanic dust cloud blanketing Europe.

More than 2000 passengers are stuck in NZ as airports remain closed until at least 7am tomorrow.