Auckland commuters are heading to the trains as NZ Bus continues to lockout its drivers, leaving 700 buses off the road.

Farmers are bracing themselves for another dumping of snow and motorists are being warned to take care as another low moves over NZ.

For the first five months of operation of the Northern Gateway Toll Road, it cost - on average - $1.29 in transaction costs to collect each $2 car toll.

A band of cold and wet weather is set to cover the country from tomorrow.

Industrial action between bus drivers and NZ Bus could disrupt travel for up to 80,000 passengers again tomorrow.

A Pharaonic plan to construct 129km of new Metro to bind Paris closer to its troubled suburbs in just over a decade was approved by the French cabinet yesterday.

Monthly and weekly bus pass holders could be out of pocket tomorrow as Auckland's bus lock-out goes ahead.

This week's snow storm could have killed up to 200 lambs on each Hawkes Bay hill country farm affected, Federated Farmers says.

A lockout is expected to put 700 buses off the road and disrupt travel plans of up to 80,000 Aucklanders tomorrow.

Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe has lashed out at dithering over cutting emissions, described climate talks as a 'bureaucratic circus'.

Police say the Napier-Taupo highway will stay closed until all of the abandoned cars have been removed.

Two major highways may re-open this afternoon after unseasonal heavy snow in the last two days stranded motorists for two nights.

Hundreds of Auckland buses are likely to be running late as bus drivers work-to-rule on Thursday.

Motorists who spent a freezing night in their snow-trapped cars on the Napier-Taupo Highway are rescued.

Hundreds of Auckland buses could be late as bus drivers work-to-rule on Thursday.

Auckland drivers may face more red-light cameras - and $150 fines - if the Govt accepts a novel city council revenue-sharing proposal.

Popping out for takeaways or drinks in Parnell could come with the hassle of paying for parking after-hours.