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.
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Drive safely this weekend
Police are urging all motorists to heed their "drive to survive" message over the Easter break.
Ask Phoebe: On-ramp danger can be avoided
Q: Are there any plans to adjust how traffic merges onto the Northern Motorway from the Wellington St on-ramp?
Transport planners accused of trying to limit access
Transport planners were accused yesterday of trying to limit access to an 18.5-kilometre extension of Auckland's Northern Motorway to make it easier to toll drivers.
Claim Warkworth will be worse off after extension
Warkworth's maddening turnoff to eastern beaches will be worsened by a $760 million motorway extension past the town, a retired senior engineer warned a board of inquiry yesterday.
Transport Agency fail to provide cycleway
Road safety messages urging drivers to take breaks have been contrasted to a lack of service facilities proposed for a 18.5-kilometre extension of Auckland's Northern Motorway.
Wendy's drive through court fight
Wendy's has gone to the High Court at Auckland after a development of a rival fast-food restaurant blocked an exit from one of the burger chain's Auckland stores.
Truck crash in Auckland causes traffic delays
Traffic will be delayed by the crash of a truck in Auckland, police say.
NZ's worst intersection revealed (+map)
A South Auckland intersection that claimed 50 casualties in a decade has topped a list of the country's 100 most dangerous intersections.
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.
Four arrested after high-speed chase
Four men have been arrested following a high-speed car chase across Auckland this afternoon.
Police in $600,000 fine fiasco
Police are scrambling to rectify and reissue more than $600,000 in traffic fine notices that were sent to the wrong people.
20,000 traffic tickets wrongly issued
Police have apologised after wrongly issuing more than 20,000 traffic tickets because of a computer glitch.
Wellington expressway gets green light
A 16km expressway north of Wellington has had resource consent granted by a Board of Inquiry.
Motorway blocked north of Auckland
Auckland's northern motorway has been reduced to one lane after a small truck flipped in the south bound lane at Dairy Flat.
Travelling north? Expect delays
Motorists travelling north for the long weekend should expect delays, police say.
Test says woman driver had 25 drinks
A woman arrested for drink-driving with two small children in the car had one of the highest breath-alcohol levels recorded in New Zealand.
On holiday but going nowhere
Wet weather, a serious crash and the post-Christmas rush combined to bring bumper-to-bumper congestion on long sections of highways.
Motorists warned to take care
Motorists are being warned to take care on slippery roads today and leave plenty of time to get to destinations.
Thousands more cars will clog roads
The busy period on the roads for holiday travellers in and out of Auckland is expected to start today, with 5,000 to 8,000 more vehicles on the road daily.