Roads

Six sections of state highway will not have their earlier higher speed limits reinstated due to public opposition, the Transport Agency says.

Motorists in Canterbury will be about to pump the pedal a little harder from tomorrow, with a higher speed limit beginning on Christchurch's Southern Motorway.

Hurunui ratepayers will have to choose between a lower rate rises or improved roads.

A cycling advocate on Waiheke island says that without cycle lanes, the area's narrow roads, tourists, bikes, pedestrians, wine and speed, are "an accident waiting to happen".

One died and three others were injured on a stretch of road earmarked for speed reduction.

Two people have died after crashes in the first 12 hours of the holiday road toll period, and both sides of State Highway 2 has been closed in Lower Hutt, after a crash.

A procession of Head Hunters gang members travelling from Auckland to Foxton to attend a senior member's funeral have arrived.

Disruptions caused by roading issues have Bay of Plenty residents and businesses frustrated, and demanding better answers for the long term.

The UN says we've reached "the era of global boiling". Given that, you'd think climate might have got more of a mention from the media as the National Party released its road-heavy $24 billion…