Roads
Truckers urge new Prime Minister to get roads fixed
Fixing damaged roads should be a top priority for the incoming Prime Minister according to a freight industry group.
The National Road Carriers Association is pleased Chris Hipkins is going to focus… Video, Audio
Tairāwhiti locals trapped by damaged roads
Hundreds of roads in Tairāwhiti are in a state of disarray, with some residents unable to move for months because their roads are impassable.
This comes after a year of storms and a clean up bill of… Video, Audio
Spring cold snap: Snow, ice, winds
Spring is here - apparently - and along with it a massive cold snap. Snow has closed roads in both islands overnight. The Desert Road remains closed between Waiouru and Rangipo, as is the Napier-Taupo… Audio
Roads to be affected by July 2021 flooding until 2023
Road networks in the Marlborough Sounds affected by the floods of July 2021 won't be completely repaired until 2023. . Kenepuru and Central Sounds Residents Association treasurer Stefan Schulz talks… Audio
Pūhoi to Warkworth motorway opening pushed back again
Another major highway project is suffering significant delays, with the Pūhoi-to-Warkworth Ara Tūhono motorway not opening until next year.
NZTA taking control of NZ's supply of bitumen for roading
Almost all road building bitumen is being taken over by the Transport Agency, which believes it's being ripped off by suppliers.
The best way to parallel park, according to science
Parallel parking is a source of extreme consternation for some people; others revel in the challenge. But what's the best way to parallel park your car? New research has found a simple… Audio
Streets may be safer as speed cut to 30km/h near schools
Auckland streets may be about to get a bit safer, with plans for lower speed limits on more than 1600 roads across the city.
Nearly a thousand of them are around 82 schools in the city.
It's a move… Video, Audio
Waka Kotahi holds firm on safer speed change to part of SH5
The threat of legal action's not enough to make Waka Kotahi pump the brakes on its decision to lower the speed limit on a large chunk of the Napier-Taupō Highway.
The maximum speed will drop from… Video, Audio
Hawke's Bay leaders meet over controversial highway speed
The speed limit on a notorious stretch of road is being hotly debated in Napier tonight. Local mayors, councillors and other leaders have been meeting Waka Kotahi, over the decision to lower the speed… Video, Audio
Frustration as Goughs Bay still cut off after slips
More than five weeks ago, torrential rain set off a series of giant mudslides that washed away the road in Banks Peninsula's Goughs Bay.
But quad bikes are still the only way in and out. Frustrated… Video, Audio
Tauranga residents push back on contentious road upgrade
Hugely significant; hugely costly; hugely wrong. They are all ways being used to describe the largest overhaul of the main street heading into the centre of Tauranga.
Kāpiti businesses call for Transmission Gully opening date
Kāpiti businesses want a date locked in for the opening of the Transmission Gully motorway.
Evan Osnos: 'Greed has always been part of America's formula'
When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Evan Osnos was living away from the United States for a decade, he often found himself making a case for his home country, despite the grave mistakes it had made… Audio
Banning the Mayor on George Street, Dunedin
The saga of changing Dunedin's main street in the centre of the city - George Street - to one way, continues with a retailer banning the mayor this week from his shop, after a vote last week to make… Audio
Weather: Frosty cold front sweeps over Aotearoa
A cold front has swept across New Zealand in the last 24 hours, leaving motorists stranded, closing schools and bringing a heavy dusting of snow to skifields.
Highways across the country have… Video, Audio
Auckland businesses near CRL work protest for compensation
Out of pocket Auckland businesses trading alongside a giant City Rail Link trench say they may fold before the project's complete.
The Albert Street business owners protested outside the Auckland… Video, Audio
Govt scraps road projects, pledges rail, cycling, walking plans
The government has pulled a u-turn on transport projects it promised more than a year ago, saying it wants to cut carbon emissions and potential price hikes too.
Six of the 32 multi-billion-dollar… Audio
Cracked Northland roads contributed to road deaths
A coroner has found that a cracked road in Northland was a contributing factor to the death of two Spanish tourists in 2009.
Eva Fajula Rovira and Joan Roma Serra were killed when a Linfox truck… Audio
The challenges of NZ roads
One of New Zealand's leading experts in roading, Wayne Hatcher, joins The Panel to discuss the particular challenges of maintaining NZ roads. Audio