Transport

Tarata residents say the move will make getting around more difficult and blanket the area in dust from logging trucks.

Alongside happiness and air quality, a new report also investigated how friendly Auckland was towards start-ups and entrepreneurs. Audio

The chairperson of Greater Wellington Regional Council says it wants more information about rail network renewals to keep commuters moving safe and efficiently.

Timaru business owner Jeremy Talbot says services to the South Canterbury city are too unreliable and stranded passengers needed to be compensated. Audio

An engine cowling on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 fell off during takeoff in Denver and struck the wing flap.

The driver of a bus and a nearby passenger had a lucky miss when a rock cannoned through a window and through the interior.

Metlink passengers are being urged to plan their travel around bus and train drivers' union meetings.

Two planes have collided at Heathrow Airport, causing damage to both aircraft.

A transport leader has slammed NZTA Waka Kotahi's 10-week closure of State Highway 1 over the beleaguered Brynderwyns, saying it is a fiasco and not justifiable.

New video has emerged showing children playing chicken with a train and just clearing it as they jump into the Waikato River from a railway bridge.

Residents say cracks are appearing in their houses as Point Chevalier roads are dug up.

The tongue-in-cheek sign - which mimics NZTA information boards - suggests diggers might be about to return.

From eight countries, the experts in transport, urban planning, health and more raise "major concerns" about the draft policy statement on land transport.

Unless deficiencies affecting thousands of Aucklanders were fixed, there wasn't much hope of getting peak time charges across the line, Chris Darby says.

Work has started on multi-million highway upgrades that is expected to cut congestion on a critical Queenstown road.