Transport
'Tis the season - for reuniting with loved ones and airport queues
It is the busiest day of the year for Auckland Airport with 63,000 people expected to arrive or leave on flights - including 17,900 travellers taking off to international destinations.
Motorists told to expect delays after crash on Auckland motorway
Motorists heading into Auckland city are advised to expect delays following a single vehicle crash on the Southern Motorway.
New train station building opens in central Auckland
KiwiRail has renovated a central Auckland building for Te Huia and Northern Explorer travellers.
Social cost of road crashes hit $10b
Any increase speed limits could lead to more people being killed and seriously injured in crashes, a former road safety police officer says.
Special vintage train excursion for cruise ship passengers
Cruise ship passengers to Aotearoa are being offered a unique vintage rail excursion from Gisborne to Muriwai this weekend. To tell us more, Jesse speaks to Shaw from Gisborne City Vintage Railway… Audio
NZ will meet first target for transport emissions cuts without EV subsidy, Simeon Brown says
The Transport Minister says advice shows scrapping EV payments won't derail the country from meeting its first carbon budget, which runs from 2022-2025.
Stalled cycling and walking project will not receive more funding - Transport Minister
Simeon Brown has confirmed all Transport Choices programmes put on hold in October will not receive further funding.
Cyclone-damaged roads and highways breaking up just weeks after being repaired
Locals are questioning the quality of bitumen used to repair the roads, disagreeing it could be weather-related. Audio
Watch: Crucial Coromandel bridge opens after nearly a year
Traffic was able to cross the new 124m Taparahi Bridge for the first time since storms in January left a "gaping hole" in the Coromandel highway. Video
Speed ticket numbers soar
Officers issued almost 290,000 tickets in the first nine months of the year - up by about 60,000, police say.
'Physically abusive': Air NZ says unruly passengers getting more extreme
Staff are facing more abusive passengers and say the behaviour is getting worse. Audio
Tairua businesses celebrate key road reopening
There's a party in Tairua today as the town celebrates the reopening of State Highway 25A - the key road connecting it to the rest of the country. State Highway 25A between Kopu and Hikuai was closed… Audio
Farmers in cyclone region say permanent road repairs failing
Farmers in Northern Hawkes Bay and Tairawhiti are concerned that some long awaited, permanent road repairs are failing within weeks of bitumen being applied. Hundreds of roads in the region were… Audio
Taxi operators urged to use $1m fund to make vehicles accessible
"You feel useless at different times of the day," says wheelchair user Barney Koneferenisi, who struggles to find a mobility van to help him get around Auckland city. Audio
SH1 at Brynderwyn Hills to close for nine weeks
State Highway 1 at the Brynderwyn Hills will be closed for nine weeks next year to allow for critical repair work.
Money set aside for wheelchair taxis not being spent
Nearly $1 million dollars aside for fitting out wheelchair taxis is sitting unused, as the window to claim it draws near. Taxi companies around the country have claimed just a quarter of the $1.2… Audio
Transport Minister unhappy with roading project's annual $750k pest control bill
Waka Kotahi is committed to undertaking the work on 3650 hectares of native bush - in perpetuity - as part of the $280 million Mt Messenger Bypass in Taranaki.
Funding details released for fixing Marlborough Sounds roads
The NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi has signalled how much it will fund towards fixing and improving roads in the Marlborough Sounds.
Tacks found scattered across Wellington cycleway
A local cyclists is concerned the repeat incidents are deliberate.
Drivers warned to prepare before hitting the road this summer
Authorities are advising holidaymakers to prepare before hitting the highways this summer.
Those in the parts of the North Island still recovering from storm damage are urging visitors to take it… Audio
