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The Government has formally ruled out allowing Auckland to bring in motorway charges to help fund transport projects.

Shell Todd Oil Services has been granted a consent to continue oil exploration in the Maui gas field for another 35 years.

A Māngere budgeting service says the cost of Auckland's new transport network will trickle down and impact on vulnerable Māori families.

The Transport Agency has been given approval to ask private sector companies to put forward proposals to design, build and pay for a motorway north of Auckland.

Auckland's mayor is launching a new push to bring forward the start date for the city's $2.5 billion downtown rail tunnel.

Falling oil prices have slashed the royalties New Zealand receives from mining companies. Audio

Housing and Transport are at the top of Auckland's big-ticket issues, but few rabbits are expected to be pulled out of the hat in this year's Budget.

Having a government that pushes investment in fossil fuels shows that New Zealand’s clean green image is “fake”, says a climate change campaigner.

Auckland Council has produced figures countering a government claim that the council's spending on transport in the next three years will be lower than in the past three.

OPINION: If the Government is serious about winning a political beauty contest with the Auckland Council, it first needs to get its figures right.

Auckland households are to pay an extra levy towards improving transport, but the Government remains cautious about signing up to the plan. Audio

The Government is being urged to quickly approve a proposed $11 million redevelopment of New Plymouth airport.

The Electoral Commission has filed papers at the Court of Appeal following court rulings overturning its decisions on 'Planet Key' and Greenpeace's Climate Voter.

Auckland ratepayers are about to be hit in the pocket as the council struggles to find money to pay for major transport projects.

Opposition parties have criticised Prime Minister John Key for revealing New Zealand troops are in Dubai on their way to Iraq. Audio

Increased traffic congestion and major safety issues are among the concerns Christchurch residents have about multimillion-dollar roading proposals.

The people who died in the Carterton balloon tragedy would likely have lived had its cannabis-using pilot opted to "rip out" when it hit power lines, the Coroner has found. Audio

The Transport Minister says he remains skeptical about whether a motorway tax in Auckland would work.

The Government's oil and gas exploration permit policy is ludicrous and reckless, a leading environmental lawyer says.

The Transport Minister ignored advice that one of the bridges targeted in an upgrade of bridges in Northland could not be widened because of kauri trees. Audio