Transport

The Far North Deputy Major says major arterial roads have been left looking like an 'earthquake zone' after wild weather hit the region last week.

The Ashburton District Council's approval rating has plunged to its lowest level and there is a "clear link" to the state of the roads.

Road closures due to last week's stormy weather mean King Salmon has not been able to harvest its fish.

Kaitaia residents may be taking the long way round for months after torrential rain badly damaged the main route into town; State Highway One through the Mangamuka Gorge.

A New Zealand airline is releasing $799 all-you-can-fly tickets, giving purchasers three months to travel as often as they like with the airline.

The mayor of New Plymouth says Waka Kotahi has siphoned off half a billion dollars from Taranaki over the past decade while the region's state highways are falling apart.

Ten thousand electric and hydrogen buses should be purchased by the Government to support its public transport sustainability goals, a Northland sector veteran says.

Waka Kotahi has confirmed it will not be trialling a walking and cycling path on the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

That "greatly undermine" their effectiveness here "particularly, the ability to achieve the necessary level of general deterrence", the report said.

Documents say the country's speed cameras were already a few years old when police put them in - and are now so ineffective they miss catching a lot of drivers.

Severe winter weather is wreaking havoc on the state of Aotearoa's roads.

Waka Kotahi representatives were a no-show at a hui to try and resolve an occupation at its Mt Messenger Bypass site on State Highway 3 in North Taranaki today.

The Transport Agency expects new speed cameras to triple the number of drivers caught, increasing from 1 million to 3 million offences a year.

The fate of a walking and cycle lane trial on the harbour bridge is still hanging in the balance following a Waka Kotahi board meeting. Audio