Transport
Major slip closes State Highway 53 between Featherston and Martinborough
A major slip in Wairarapa has closed parts of State Highway 53 between Featherston and Martinborough, while motorists in Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti are asked to take extra care due to forecast heavy…
Waka Kotahi trial snaps 104,000 motorists using phones, not wearing seatbelts
More than 100,000 Aucklanders have been caught on camera using their phones or not wearing a seatbelt while driving in just three months.
Auckland road closed due to downed power lines
Downed power-lines have closed a road in the suburb of Hillcrest on Auckland's North Shore after a crash.
'Do we need a tragedy?' - Greymouth school fights for road safety review
A Greymouth school plea for the NZ Transport Agency to do something about traffic on the road outside has been characterised as "emotional" but it has been backed by the West Coast regional transport…
Family lucky to be alive after being caught in slip, but miss seeing dying relative
A Taranaki family making a last-minute dash to see a dying relative say they are lucky to be alive after their car was caught in a massive slip near Urenui on State Highway 3.
Air NZ's first NYC-AKL flight lands, sans some luggage
Air New Zealand's first direct flight from New York has touched down in Auckland, but not everyone on board has walked away with their luggage. The airline says because of adverse weather leaving the… Video, Audio
Bags offloaded to make way for more fuel for first NY to AK flight
Air New Zealand's inaugural flight from New York to Auckland arrived this morning, minus many of the passengers' bags.
Conducting the nearly 17 hour flight, covering more than 14,000 km, and… Audio
Non-stop flight from New York arrives - but not all passengers' luggage
Passengers onboard Air New Zealand's first direct flight from New York have arrived in Auckland, but many are without their luggage.
Inaugural New York to Auckland flight touches down
Air New Zealand's inaugural non-stop flight from New York to Auckland finished its journey on Monday morning. The uninterrupted trip follows Sunday's first non-stop flight in the other direction. Air… Audio
Vintage train's future in doubt if forced to relocate
A vintage train group in Oamaru says its future is under threat if it is made to relocate by the local council.
Four people injured after serious crash on Harbour Bridge
All lanes are now open on Auckland's Harbour Bridge, following a serious crash that injured four people.
One dies in crash near Lake Brunner, road closed
One person has died after a crash near Lake Brunner, on the West Coast, police say.
Pupils' lucky escape as bus crashes through bridge barrier
More than 20 students have had a lucky escape after their journey to school this morning took a terrifying twist.
The St Mary's College students were not far from school when their Coachways bus… Video, Audio
The Panel with Zoe George and Alan McElroy (Part Two)
Today on The Panel, Wallace and panellists Zoe George and Alan McElroy discuss this weekend's Government announcement to protect horticultural land from housing. Plus they discuss a petition to… Audio
Air New Zealand dismisses report of merger with Virgin Australia
Air New Zealand is denying it is in merger talks after a report in The Australian newspaper.
Bus crashes into barrier in Auckland, dangles off bridge
Lanes have been blocked after a bus crashed into a barrier on Newton Road in central Auckland.
Students flee dangling school bus in tears
Students - some of them in tears of shock - fled their school bus after it crashed through a steel barrier on an overbridge, and was left dangling high above a motorway this morning.
The incident… Audio
Wellington's radical proposal to slash speed limits to 30km/h
Wellington City Council has signed off on a radical proposal to cut speed limits in the city.
The proposal would bring down speed limits to 30km/h on most streets and 40km/h on main roads.
City… Audio
Ambulance officer killed in head-on crash on SH1 mourned
St John is paying tribute to one of its ambulance officers, killed in a head on collision in Cambridge yesterday.
The driver of the other car also died, on a stretch of State Highway 1.
Waka Kotahi… Audio
Council aims to make Wellington safer with lower speed limits
Wellington council has signed off on a proposal to cut speed limits to 30km/h on most streets and 40km/h on the main roads.
Paris, Bilbao, Brussels and Glasgow have done it - but it may be a long and… Audio
