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Are tighter parking restrictions going to help Auckland?
As Auckland prepares to cram in up to a million more residents over the next 30 years, parking fees and time limits may spread. Are tighter parking restrictions going to help Auckland?

Aucklanders face rising parking costs
Auckland Council is suggesting a comprehensive shake up for parking in the city, which could mean higher costs to park your car and fewer places you can.

NZ praised at global forum for road toll
New Zealand has been praised at a global forum for slashing its road toll last year, after the ignomy of edging up an international hit parade of carnage in 2012.

Highway closed
State Highway 1 near Warkworth will be closed from 7.30pm to remove wreckage of a large truck that crashed earlier today south of Pohuehue.

Texting driver crashes into ditch
A mother who was driving with her 3-year-old child in the rear seat was texting before she lost control of her vehicle, flipping into a ditch.

Drink driver caught twice on same day
A man arrested for drink driving after his vehicle was blocked in by other motorists was stopped again for drink driving a few hours later.

How much does that commute cost you?
Inner-city suburbs out of your reach? Maybe not. A new data-crunching tool helps renters to look at how affordable their living situation is when transport cost is factored in.

Pursuing officer put people at risk
A police officer put a fleeing driver and members of the public at risk when he chased a fleeing driver at speeds of up to 95 km/h on the wrong side of the road.

Traffic flows smoothly after long weekend
Traffic is flowing smoothly in and out of the country's main centres as holidaymakers return home from their long Anzac weekend.

Seeing red
I don't suffer from road rage; it's the lights that get me going. Or not going.

Easter road toll worst in three years
The Easter holiday period has ended with the worst road toll in three years, with four deaths on the country's roads.

Easter traffic delays test patience
Traffic delays are testing the patience of motorists in Waikato as holidaymakers head home after the long weekend.

Road toll holds at three
Police hope to keep this year's Easter road toll at three as they crack down on speeding, distracted and alcohol-fuelled drivers as holiday makers head home.

Lengthy delays for Easter holidaymakers
Highways in and out of main centres around the country suffered heavy congestion today as holidaymakers attempted to make the most of their long weekend en masse.

Road trip not for the nervous
Car fanatics are being given a chance to take a driving holiday on some of the world's most dangerous roads, including a notorious route near Queenstown.

Paris finds bizarre solution for smog
Paris drastically reduced its smog problem by banning half of all private cars and motor-bikes and almost all trucks on Monday.

Weekend of carnage on Waikato roads
Police say a culture change is needed on Waikato roads after a horror weekend saw 36 crashes, one death and several serious injuries.

Kiwi road one of the world's worst
A stretch of road in the South Island is one of the 22 most dangerous in the world, according to a British driving firm.

Dipped headlights blamed for crash
A coroner is recommending public education on the dangers of driving with dipped headlights on rural roads, after a wedding guest was killed by a vehicle at night in rural Waikato.

Wellington expressway gets green light
A 16km expressway north of Wellington has had resource consent granted by a Board of Inquiry.