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Pay rise rejected - where to now in bus dispute?

An 11.5pc pay rise over three years, which was rejected by NZ Bus drivers and cleaners today, was recommended by its unions as "the best deal we could get".

Bus drivers reject pay offer in stormy meeting

Disappointed bus drivers and cleaners stormed out of a meeting after being presented with NZ Bus's revised pay offer today.

Bus services disrupted tomorrow as drivers vote on pay deal

Drivers and cleaners will decide between 9.30am and 2pm tomorrow whether to accept NZ Bus's pay offer.

Step closer for electronic ticket system

Single ticket for public transport closer

A single ticket that can be used on Auckland buses, trains and ferries, and in the long run, around NZ, is a step closer, after NZTA funding approval today.

Union backs new offer to bus workers

Burglar alarm will call... a taxi

Taxi drivers are being trained as security guards to cut response times to burglar alarms at suburban homes and commercial properties.

Bus drivers' unions agree with NZ Bus on pay-rise

The unions will recommend that bus drivers and cleaners accept a pay-rise offer when they meet next Wednesday.

Big money doubts as $46b transport plans unveiled

<i>Cartoon:</i> The week that was, part 2

WINZ helped struggling bus drivers during lock out

Some NZ Bus drivers who were off work for a week during the lock out turned to WINZ for assistance.

Bus drivers will work for at least next week

Buses running again but row far from over

Auckland's main bus fleet is due back on the roads, but a week-long lockout of drivers has left community leaders seething over damage to the credibility of public transport.

Buses back on roads tomorrow, but dispute not over

NZ Bus and the drivers' unions will continue industrial talks tomorrow, but bus services will resume after seven days of disruptions.

Are taxis too expensive in Auckland? What should be done?

<i>Cartoon</i>: NZ Bus gets cheeky

Commuters face 7th day of disruption

Locked-out Auckland bus drivers meet this morning to consider a third-party recommendation on settling their five-month pay dispute.

NZ Bus offers to lift lockout if unions drop work-to-rule notice

An ERA facilitator is set to make a judgement in NZ Bus's industrial dispute with its drivers tomorrow morning.