Transport

A Far North District councillor says locals told her they contacted the Transport Agency concerned about a section of SH1 - the same day a 20 metre chunk of it was washed out after torrential rain.

The first non-stop flight between Australia and the UK has arrived in London.

Otaki's MP says there is no back-up plan if the airline expected to take over flights between the Kāpiti Coast and Auckland can't do it.

Urgent repair work is underway to fix a chunk of road swept away yesterday by rain, the Far North mayor says.

A Bay of Plenty lobby group that wants a highway black spot fixed says it is not ruling out blocking the road if something isn't done about it.

A proposal to ban Auckland Council staff from flying business class has failed to get off the ground.

From gerbils to goats, if it fits in a cage and is a domestic pet, it will now be allowed to ride on Wellington's public transport network.

A Marlborough Sounds eco tourism operator wants to see all shipping stopped in the Tory Channel, which he says is at increased risk of a large-scale disaster.

Authorities face a logjam of months if not years in the scramble to get urgent safety checks done on hundreds of truck-trailers.

The government is suggesting it could wield influence over Air New Zealand through board appointments as the company looks at dropping another regional service Audio

The ride-sharing company which has shaken up passenger transport in more than 600 cities world-wide is launching in Dunedin and Queenstown in May.