Transport

Climate protesters blocking the southbound lane of Wellington's urban motorway are lucky to have escaped without injury this morning.

Following the review's release, the Public Transport Users' Association is calling for a new entity to oversee the rail network and all train services.

A review into how major train disruptions in Wellington earlier this year were handled has identified poor safety monitoring procedures and warns more government funding is urgently needed.

The design plan for a new railway hub in Palmerston North has been completed and land is starting to be purchased.

Auckland councillor Alf Filipaina says the proposed Auckland Light Rail decision to bypass Māngere Town Centre has spared locals from giving up recreational land.

KiwiRail is disputing Waka Kotahi's claim that the Hamilton to Auckland train, Te Huia, came within 200 metres of a collision in July.

Almost 30 other trains - including eight passenger services - also broke the rules recently, but were not blocked from running services.

Almost four million passengers could be flying in and out of the proposed airport - which has raised concerns about overtourism, environmental impacts and the climate crisis - by 2050.

The deal reached earlier this month would give "absolute certainty" the airport could keep operating for at least the next 35 years, Ngāi Takoto leader Rangitane Marsden says.

A teen killed in a Christchurch crash has been named, and emergency services have been responding to crashes in Ohakune, Abel Tasman National Park and Lake Ohia in Northland.

The flight from Auckland to Wellington was delayed for two hours before it was cancelled late last night.

The Melling train line will close from the middle of next year so infrastructure for the $700 million RiverLink scheme can be built.

The Auckland project has exposed New Zealand's lack of expertise in delivering large scale, complex infrastructure projects and the risks which arise from that, a review has found. Audio

Speed limits on expressways north of Wellington could be set to increase, but Transmission Gully will have to wait a bit longer.