The days of rental car companies giving pamphlets to confused overseas visitors and crossing their fingers they'll cope with NZ's oddball right-hand rule look set to be over.

New Zealand's unique right-hand rule, a relic of an old Melbourne tram system and cause of 2560 crashes a year, is set to be scrapped.

Reducing the current legal blood alcohol limit will hurt the law-abiding majority without tackling repeat offenders, say lawyers.

The Govt's failure to immediately commit to lowering blood alcohol limits for adult drivers is "just not good enough", say advocacy organisations.

A second Auckland harbour crossing and a lack of trains are two gaps identified in an infrastructure stocktake, Bill English said today.

A NZ minister has given his support to an atheist campaign asking people to question the existence of God.

NZ's minimum driving age is likely to rise by one year to 16 under a Government road safety strategy to be unveiled tomorrow.

Air NZ reported its first-half profit almost doubled as fuel costs tumbled and the airline reined in labour costs.

Port of Tauranga, New Zealand's biggest export port, has posted a 2 per cent gain in first-half profit by reining in costs as freight volumes fell, eroding revenue.

A former NZ businessman who bought the Princess Ashika ferry for Tonga has been arrested on charges of forgery.