Transport

This year's road toll is on track to surpass last year's - which was the highest since 2009 - with 18 more people killed on the road than at the same point in 2017.

State Highway 11 between Kawakawa and Paihia will re-open to traffic twice a day - starting next week.

Road transport operators are echoing the disappointment of Northland councils that the government has scrapped plans to rebuild the road to Auckland.

Travel agents are expecting a busy time helping customers rearrange their plans, as Air New Zealand planes undergo repairs.

There was no danger to passengers onboard a flight to Japan which was forced to turn around and return to Auckland today, Air New Zealand says.

Aucklanders are being warned of delays heading south out of the city after an earlier crash.

Two Air New Zealand planes have been removed from service to undergo urgent repairs which may take months to complete. Video

The group campaigning for a four-lane highway between Tauranga and Katikati warns the government's view on new roading projects means protest action is likely.

A hundred workers have been brought in from the Philippines to work on Wellington's huge Transmission Gully roading project, infuriating unions who insist there are locals who can do the job.

Green is the new yellow for Wellington buses, with the first batch of new buses for Wellington's streets arriving from the UK.

An opinion survey has found majority support in Auckland for a regional fuel tax.

Auckland bus drivers have reached an agreement with their employer NZ Bus.

A wedding party headed for Bali has been left angry and exhausted after 30 of its members were temporarily stranded in Auckland following Air New Zealand's flight cancellations.