Roading
Cars move over trucks need space
Matt Lowrie of Greater Auckland on taking away Auckland street car parks so trucks can get through. Audio
Anger building in Kaikoura over 'slow' roadworks
Kaikoura locals say it's taking too long to get SH1 re-opened after it was seriously damaged in the November earthquake. But NZTA says contractors are working six days a week and progress is fast. Video, Audio
Roading contractors working long hours to clear road - NZTA
NZTA's Earthquake Recovery Manager Steve Mutton says contractors are on site from 6:30am most days and are working hard to repair State Highway One. Video, Audio
Transport carriers frustrated by delay in fixing SH1
No one travels the alternative route along SH7 to or from Kaikoura as often as professional carriers. Marlborough Road Carriers Association chairman Peter Heagney joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Work to repair SH1 north of Kaikoura is taking too long, locals say
The government isnt acting fast enought to repair State Highway One north of Kaikoura, frustrated locals tell Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Coastal shipping may not cope if roads fail - KiwiRail
Coastal shipping will be under pressure to cope if South Island roads fail to hold up under extra traffic created by the Kaikōura earthquake, KiwiRail says.
Peters derides Auckland-centric highway funding
Northland MP Winston Peters says claims a costly new highway from Pūhoi to Warkworth will benefit Northland are a bad joke.
Akl transport plans don't consider emissions - Greens
The government is failing to consider the impact of Auckland's road projects on NZ's greenhouse gas emissions, the Green Party says.
Plans for Auckland-to-Whangarei highway
Northland councils are chalking up a win after lobbying to extend the Auckland highway to Whangarei.
Regional snapshot: Nelson
Nelson based freelance reporter Naomi Arnold and RNZ News regional reporter Tracy Neal, amongst other things, talk about the on again off again Southern Link road. Audio
Building Better Flexi Bridges
Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University Audio
Building Better Flexi Bridges
Low-damage precast concrete bridges featuring flexible steel tendons and energy dissipators that act as fuses are being tested at Canterbury University
AudioCrown may have to fund Northland bridges
More now on transport funding, and the Northland MP, Winston Peters, has accused National of "bull dusting" the electorate during this year's by-election when it promised to replace10 single-lane… Audio
Four of the 10 bridges promised to Northland to go ahead
Only four of the 10 bridges the Government promised to double lane in Northland will be worked on in the next three years - and some may never be upgraded. Audio
Midday News for 21 November 2014
Serial sex offender Stewart Murray Wilson will serve an extra six months in jail. A former Malaysian diplomat accused of attacking a Wellington woman pleads not guilty. Audio
