Road Safety
One dead, one badly hurt in car-truck crash
A person died and another person was critically injured when a car collided with a truck on SH3 south of Feilding.
Holiday road toll ends at 19
Nineteen people died on New Zealand's roads over the Christmas holiday period this year - the highest holiday road toll in four years.
Two badly injured in separate crashes
Two more people have been seriously injured, south of Auckland and near Palmerston North, with the holiday road death toll now at 19.
NZ's worsening annual road toll 'disappointing'
The provisional road toll for 2016 is 326, seven more than the previous year and 30 more than the year before that.
Teenagers killed in Southland crash named
Two young people who died in a collision in Southland on Friday have been named.
8000 vehicles a day could hit inland highway this summer
Thousands of holidaymakers could face a summer of highway misery because of earthquake damage to top-of-the-south roads. Video
Moeraki road toll 'just adding up'
A council in North Otago is calling on NZTA to urgently upgrade the safety of a deadly stretch of SH1.
Truck driver sentenced for second cyclist death
A truck driver has been found guilty of dangerous driving causing the death of a cyclist, for a second time. Video
Govt to spend $15m on South Island highways
The government has given the green light to improving the safety of South Island highways for tourist drivers.
Tourist driver to pay $30,000 over fatal crash
A tourist driver who killed a Dunedin motorcyclist has been sentenced to community work and reparations. Video
Thousands of drivers on long-term learner licences
More than 14,000 drivers in New Zealand have stayed on their learner's or restricted for more than 20 years.
Drivers could face on-the-spot saliva tests
Drivers could soon have to provide police with saliva samples for immediate screening for illegal drugs.
Homemade motor-bicycles raise safety fears
Police in Nelson are cracking down on the use of motorised bicycles, with one rider nabbed travelling at more than 60km/h in a 50km/h zone.
New measures only one part of the puzzle
Road safety campaigners welcome the government's plan to spend six hundred million dollars to make black spots on rural roads safer. We talk to the head of the road safety charity Brake. Audio
Transport Minister announces 600m road package
More than 90 blackspots on roads deemed to be high risk around the country will get safety improvements over the next six years. Audio
U-turn on vehicle safety ratings
Mark Stockdale of the AA talks about the about-turn on vehicle safety ratings. Audio
Fixing the Blackspots on NZ's highways
The Goverment has announced a new roading initiative, that it says could save 900 lives and prevent serious injuries over the next decade. An extra 60 million dollars per year, will be spent to fix… Audio
Māori driver policy wasn't discrimination - IPCA
An independent watchdog has found Counties Manukau police did not intend to give Māori drivers preferential treatment in a plan involving unlicensed drivers last year.
Road toll talk generates a lot of feedaback from listeners
Listeners say the police priorities on the long weekend were with issuing tickets not safety Audio
The weekend road toll's set off debate about who's to blame
Motoring writer Allan Dick joins the conversation on the long weekend appalling road toll. Audio