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'100km on winding roads ... no sense'

A Norwegian tourist has penned a piece saying NZ roads are too dangerous and the speed limit should be changed on narrow and winding roads.

How to cut the road toll

Could driverless cars be the answer to New Zealand's abysmal road toll?

Boy star: 'I struggle to brush my teeth'

Watch: Five months after a crash in which he and his best mate were seriously injured, James Rolleston still struggles to do simple things.

'The smell, the touch, the feelings'

Morgan Tait talks to emergency staff about crashes in which people are injured and sometimes killed.

A smile and a wave before road tragedy

Stephanie Batchelor remembers the last time she saw her father - walking to the car in which he would die.

Blue line thins from the highways

There could be up to 111 fewer police on New Zealand roads this summer.

Relief as road south of Kaikoura reopened

Transport Minister Simon Bridges officially reopens the road south of Kaikoura.

The best response to a parking fine ever

A student may not have pleaded his case out of a parking fine, but he has certainly won the support from social media for his hilarious efforts.

Puhoi to Warkworth road consortium gets OIO approval

The Overseas Investment Office has approved the sale of 1,700 hectares of land to the consortium which is to build and maintain the Puhoi to Warkworth road.

Eroad turns to 1H loss despite revenue rise

ERoad, the logistics and fleet management company, turned to a first-half loss even as revenue rose.

Southern motorway congestion easing

The congestion on the two main routes into and out of Auckland is beginning to ease after the motorways were gridlocked earlier this evening.

Construction sector under quake pressure

Last week's earthquake is likely to put considerable extra pressure on the nation's already stretched construction sector, says ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley.

Kaikoura's Inland Rd may reopen tomorrow

Canterbury Civil Defence hopes to reopen one lane of the Inland Rd into Kaikoura tomorrow afternoon.

Tour new $2.4b Auckland motorway

WATCH: Take a virtual tour of Auckland's billion-dollar motorway expansion known as the Western Ring Route.

Watch: Video shows how Western Ring Route will make travel easier

The NZ Transport Agency has released a new animation showing how the Western Ring Route will make it easier to travel through and around Auckland and the upper North Island.

Route out of action six months at least

The earthquake-shattered main road linking Picton and Christchurch will "definitely" be closed for at least the next six months, the Transport Minister says.