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Uber launches ride-share plan for Akl commuters

Uber has launched a new ride-sharing system catering to commuters who drive into work.

'I'll never go to New Plymouth again'

Motorists say lack of information about closed roads around Taranaki added more than six hours to their journey.

Floods, winds: Wild weather strikes NZ

A large slip has blocked SH3 in North Taranaki, flooding and slips have closed roads in Wellington and hampered the capital's World War I centenary events.

Road rage incident 'appalling'

A judge has labelled an Arrowtown road rage incident as an "appalling piece of behaviour" while a couple was assaulted while their kids were in the car.

West Coast slip at Punakaiki cleared, road reopens

State Highway 6 between Punakaiki and Fox River reopened today following a mammoth clean-up operation.

Nano Girl: Who to blame for traffic delay?

COMMENT: Don't blame the on-ramp lights for traffic delays, blame the still-increasing amount of drivers on the road network.

Council does U-turn on Victoria Street plan

A revised plan to retain vehicle access on Victoria St has jumped its first hurdle, in spite of a petition pushing to make the area car-free.

Is this NZ's worst street to turn into?

It's a narrow street with a steep pitch but the hairpin corner keeps catching out unwitting drivers.

A mother's fight to make NZ roads safer

Tauranga motorcyclist Rhys Middleton was killed by an overseas driver. Now his mother is campaigning for a change in the law allowing visitors to drive in NZ.

Weather causes holiday travel chaos

Floods and ice around New Zealand are hitting school holiday travel plans.

Paul Little: If it's not broke, leave it alone

COMMENT: I can't find a Trip Advisor feedback that says: "The highway names are dreadfully dull."

Could authorities be tracking you?

Transport Minister Simon Bridges says road tolling could be done by GPS satellite, as opposed to toll gantries or cameras.

Smith eyes up private urban development

Housing Minister Nick Smith is considering how to enable private companies to take on the development of infrastructure.

What lies beneath: Inside Auckland's Spaghetti Western

A quarter of the Waterview Connection twin tunnels are fitted with lights and a system to drop sheets of water to extinguish fires almost immediately.

Vehicle rolls on Auckland motorway

Traffic is flowing on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway after a crash earlier today caused delays.

Roading works zooming ahead

Motorists will be pleased to know more than 58 per cent of roadworks on the nation's highways are finished early.

Time to reassess phones in cars

Transport authorities are re-thinking whether it's alright to use mobile phones in cars.

Barney Irvine: Looming congestion catastrophe can't be ignored

COMMENT: Aucklanders desperately want new tools that will help to lift the performance of the existing network, and it's time for a much bolder approach to delivering them, writes Barney Irvine.