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Auckland Transport cuts services to reduce cancellations
Auckland Transport has announced cancelled bus journeys will now not exist at all. It says from Sunday, services that are being regularly cancelled because of the bus driver shortage will be suspended… Video, Audio
KiwiRail's oldest diesel shunt rolls into retirement
KiwiRail's oldest diesel shunt is rolling full steam ahead into retirement.
The 85-year-old locomotive known as TR-56 is being replaced by a zero-emission electric shunt.
Our reporter Soumya… Video, Audio
Salvage effort underway in Picton after train fell in harbour
A salvage effort is underway in Picton Harbour for a runaway locomotive and wagon that have tipped into the water.
KiwiRail says it wasn't being loaded onto a ship at the time.
It weighs about 50… Video, Audio
Mexico train crash kills passengers in trains and cars below
At least 20 people have been killed and 70 hurt in Mexico City, when an overpass carrying a metro train partly collapsed on cars on a road below. Audio
Hamilton to Auckland train service set for April
The Mayor of Hamilton, Paula Southgate, shares her thoughts on the new train service between Hamilton and Auckland. Audio
Hobbit star's Scottish road trip with a difference
Graham McTavish is known for portraying Dwalin the dwarf in the Hobbit, but his latest project Clanlands has seen him team up with fellow Outlander star Sam Heughan to document the people, places and… Video, Audio
The journalist who went undercover to infiltrate a white nationalist group
When Winnipeg Free Press writer Ryan Thorpe saw flyers recruiting for white nationalist group The Base, he had two choices: write a bog-standard reaction piece or take a more drastic approach and go… Audio
Greta Thunberg's train ride
Climate activist Greta Thunberg posted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a Deutsche Bahn train surrounded by lots of bags, saying she was traveling on overcrowded trains through Germany. Audio
Griff Rhys-Jones' Great Kiwi Road Trip
Griff Rhys-Jones has been in New Zealand filming his new series, Griff's Great Kiwi Road Trip, which premieres next Sunday. Along with seeing the sights, he's on a quest to find out what it means to… Audio
Calling Home: James Whitta in Malmö, Sweden
James Whitta is living the dream in his role as a product developer for the world's largest home furnishing retailer, IKEA, in its spiritual birthplace. The award-winning furniture designer is Calling… Audio
Calling Home: Dave Holmes in London
Kiwi musician Dave Holmes is a guitarist in the band Kerretta and a co-owner of the iconic Soup Studio, which is situated on a former lightship on the River Thames. Audio
Phil Goff doesn't want ratepayers to carry CRL cost burden
Auckland's mayor Phil Goff says officials are already working on ways to avoid raising rates to cover a $1 billion cost blowout on the City Rail Link Project. Audio
City Rail Link budget balloons to $4.4 billion
City Rail Link has revealed a $1 billion budget blowout - taking the total cost of the country's largest ever transport project to $4.4b. Chief Executive Sean Sweeney explained his reaction to… Audio
Is the Hamilton-Auckland train worth it?
The NZ Transport Agency has approved the business case for the startup trial of the new rail service between Hamilton and Auckland. The new train could be up and running in just over a year. Audio
Train derailment: Britomart unlikely to open this morning
Britomart is likely to remain shut this morning, causing more chaos for commuters, after the country's biggest station was closed by a train derailment.
Pukekohe express train plans get messy
Pukekohe commuters have been looking forward to a hi-tech, nonstop train service to Auckland starting in two to three years. But a promise made late in the election campaign by the National Party to… Audio
Second undetonated bomb found in St Petersburg train blast
Investigators have found a second undetonated bomb on the train where 11 people died and more than 50 were injured this morning in Russia. Video, Audio
Train bomb blast in St Petersburg was a terror attack
A Moscow-based journalist says all eyes are on Vladimir Putin and how he responds to the terrorist attack in St Petersburg that claimed ten lives and has wounded up to 50 others. Audio
Bomb rips through St Petersburg train; kills at least 10 and injures 40
The entire metro system in St Petersburg has been shut down after a bomb exploded, killing 10 people and injuring 40 others. Audio
Woman injured after train and car collide
A woman is in a serious condition after the car she was in collided with a train in Auckland, trapping her inside. RNZ reporter Rowan Quinn has the latest. Audio