New Zealand may have just had its lowest road toll in six decades, but our drivers are just as rude and reckless as ever, visitors say. The average car-bound Kiwi has been described as "impatient" and "not very courteous."

The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) says four key areas of work are now underway to get the new northbound Newmarket Viaduct on Auckland's Southern Motorway ready to open for traffic.

Motorists can expect delays over the long weekend as work is carried out on the Southern Motorway.

In a year when the national road toll fell dramatically, the carnage on Waikato roads actually increased. James Ihaka recounts the lives lost and the search for reasons why.

As the Herald reported this week, many national cycleway trails are open. But elsewhere progress is painfully slow. Kirsten Warner visits Hokianga to find out why

The man has been granted interim name and image suppression to give him a chance to inform his family.