The Christmas exodus of people leaving Wellington has created a state of "absolute bedlam" on roads leading out of the city, police say.

The Transport Agency has this week announced yet another route change for its $1.15 billion Waterview motorway project.

Air New Zealand is trialling a new direct service between Sydney and Rarotonga next year.

Submission on draft transport strategy calls for connections earlier than 2031.

It's time to dig out the street maps, as councils take the opportunity of reduced traffic flows over the holidays to get on with road maintenance.

Railway lines near an Auckland train station have been closed after the discovery of a person's body early today, police said.

Steven Joyce says the toll on the Transmission Gully route will be no more than $3.

Senior British Airways managers warned they were in a "fight to the death" with unions over plans for an unprecedented 12-day strike by cabin crew.

Wellington's mayor lauds a move to proceed with Transmission Gully but her Kapiti counterpart admits to being "extremely disappointed".

Changes to one of London's best-known Underground routes have caused some pre-Christmas commuter confusion.

New specialist traffic officers will be used to issue speeding tickets, freeing police to concentrate on fighting crime.