Traffic

After dealing with an influx of boaties over the last two summers, it's been a "bit slower" to get started in Marlborough this season.

One person has been hospitalised after an altercation on the motorway in Auckland on Monday afternoon.

A person has been killed in a crash between a truck and car in South Auckland.

The main road that leads from Thames to Coromandel has been shut due to an unstable cliff.

Six people have been injured in a two-car crash between Wanaka and Haast.

As 2022 came to a close, the Ministry of Transport's road toll count reached a provisional figure of 378 people killed on New Zealand roads during the year.

Emergency services are responding to a crash on State Highway 30 that has left four people seriously injured.

Heavy traffic is causing trips to popular holiday destinations to take longer than usual today.

A person who was critically injured in a car fire in Taranaki this morning has died in hospital.

A large slip has further blocked the southern end of The Terrace in central Wellington.

The Wellington Region has a new expressway for Christmas, but traffic congestion is still expected at its northern end over the busy holiday period.

The highways are starting to fill up as holidaymakers hit the road, and crashes have slowed the flow of traffic.

The new system for buses, ferries and trains also opens the way for more road tolls and to introduce congestion charges for motorists for the first time.

One person has been critically injured after a crash in South Auckland involving a car and a bus.

Police have defended a rise in the number of speed camera infringements being issued, saying new mobile cameras are able to identify speeding vehicles more accurately.

One person is dead and three others are injured after a crash near Lake Coleridge in inland Canterbury.

A dramatic series of police chases in Auckland has resulted in a man being taken to hospital with serious injuries.

Two people have died in a crash in New Plymouth this morning and in Auckland, seven people have been injured in a crash near the Waterview Tunnel.

One person has died, and State Highway 1 is closed at Lake Taupō and Waihola, after separate crashes this morning.