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Pink Star sign puts focus on speed camera
A static speed camera in Parnell now features a prominent arrow pointing to it.

Paradise lost or fortune gained? The stoush over Hicks Bay
Hicks Bay hapu won't contemplate a port. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

'Dramatic' safety improvements, Tauranga Northern Link needed - NZTA
Plans revealed in letter to landowners

Comment: Self-driving vehicles are coming in gradual steps
Automated features will gradually become self-driving vehicles.

Board wants container trucks out of residential suburbs
Transport officials unmoved on plea to ban container trucks from passing through Ōrākei

Watch: Dashcam footage shows near miss on Albany Expressway
Aucklander shared the dashcam footage to get Kiwis to start talking about driving.

Simon Wilson: Airport trams or trains is the wrong question
COMMENT: Debate about trams or trains to the airport misses the point entirely.

Comment: Lower speed limits are a developer's dream
Lower rural speed limits on a city fringe are a developer's dream.

Horrific four car crash at intersection
Police at the scene of the horrific multi-vehicle crash.

'We could have a game of cricket on Queen St'
Councillor wants more opportunities for pedestrians to take over Auckland streets.

AT needs to make the case for a low-speed CBD zone
COMMENT: A blanket one-speed-fits-all may not aways be appropriate for the Auckland CBD.

'Absolutely ridiculous': Public respond to Auckland CBD 30km/h speed limit
Proposal creates stir: Some welcome it, others say it's "absolutely ridiculous".

Scooter driver dies after crash with car
Police serious crash unit investigating circumstances of fatal Rotorua scooter crash.

Focus: CBD speed limits changing
Speed limits around the CBD changed from 50km/h to 30km/h last year, now Auckland Transport has proposed speed limit changes to other 800 Auckland roads. Video / NZ Herald

Vehicle crashes on SH2 at Maungatawhiri, causing significant delays
The vehicle crashed around 4.45 this afternoon on SH2 near Mangatawhiri.

Driver charged over fence-railing crash
Man faces careless driving charge over Te Aroha farm fence crash

Protester carries grandfather's ashes to block State Highway 2
Protesters from Fix the Bloody Road are blocking State Highway 2 outside Tauranga

Police name Hamilton man killed in crash on September 5
Waikato police issued words of warning following the incident.

SH2 safety upgrade delays a 'disgrace'
Delays in safety improvements on State Highway 2 have been described as 'a disgrace'.

Northland highway hotspot focus for police
SH1 identified as one of 10 hotspots to come under tougher police scrutiny.

Police clampdown: The 10 roads they are watching
At the present rate, this year will see the fifth consecutive rise in the road toll.

Hawke's Bay experiences chaotic weather
Region has taken a soaking with howling winds expected to rise to severe gales.

Jake Bailey: Calling on a hire power
COMMENT: People seem to like being chauffeur driven. I absolutely hate it.

Great slowdown: Crashes rise in Auckland, speed limits to drop to as low as 30km/h
Speed limits set to fall as Auckland Transport gets serious about reducing road deaths.

$62m Warkworth project will eliminate holiday congestion
$62m road north of Auckland will help ease traffic congestion.

Aucklanders' objections to new fuel tax
Results mark a drop in support given survey done before tax introduced.

Serious crash in Waikato among road closures
Motorists were urged to use SH1 if they needed to travel between Moerewa and Kaikohe.

SH35 between Ōpо̄tiki and Gisborne reopens after large slip
NZTA are advising drivers to take extra care due to adverse weather conditions.