Traffic

Police have asked motorists to avoid the area if possible.

The government is requiring streets outside schools with permanent 30kmh speed limits revert to variable speed limits by July 2026.

The region's bus service is the first in New Zealand to receive an exemption to the obstruction rule. Audio

Keep New Zealand Beautiful says 200 volunteers were blocked from cleaning a stretch of Desert Road "riddled" with bottles and waste despite being closed for maintenance. Audio

The idle cameras may be located in your area.

A research firm says plummeting sales in New Zealand have nothing to do with its chief executive's polarising views - but some local graffiti shows a different view. Audio

The bus was travelling between Cancun and Tabasco.

A man has died in a crash between a ute and a motorbike near Whanganui.

The new minister of transport has opened the door for public consultation on at least some of the speed limit changes the government said would be automatic. Audio

Auckland's arterial Great South Road has been closed after power lines were brought down onto the road by a crash, police said.

A pedestrian has died after a crash in Northland, south of the Bay of Islands, police say.

Three people have died and commuters have been warned of delays in Auckland, Waikato and Napier, after a day of crashes and a police incident involving the Armed Offenders Squad.

Free car parks have been set up in Haruru, near Paihia, for people to make use of the free shuttle buses.

NZTA is warning motorists in the capital they will need to start planning ahead this week and next.

A police officer warned a man not to walk on the highway in the dark less than two hours before he was hit by a utility vehicle and killed.

SH1 between Tūrangi and Waiouru - including the Desert Road - closed on 13 January.