Top Stories for Friday 19 February 2016

Traffic flows heavier than usual as bus drivers strike; Auckland commuters have to find other ways to get to work; Emergency transport management team stands by; Union defends disruption to Auckland commuters; Police confusion and inaction over 111 calls in gang shooting; Iraqi court orders 40 men to death over 2014 massacre near Tikrit; All Blacks dominate Halberg awards; NZ Bus sticks to its guns in face of commuter disruption; McCullum prepares to bow out of international cricket.