The Cook Strait is a violent body of water. It’s an exception. Unlike other straits around the world, it has…
Hundreds of stranded tourists freed as roads reopen in New Zealand
Hundreds of tourists trapped in a remote New Zealand town for 48 hours after a strong storm damaged roads were…
Improvements for Southern motorway
The New Zealand Transport Agency is advising motorists of the lane changes on SH1 at Takānini and near Papakura, Auckland, from early…
NZTA tight-lipped over gorge
New slips on the Manawatu Gorge Rd. PHOTO/SUPPLIED JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz The New Zealand Transport Agency is staying tight-lipped about…
Auckland Transport throws out its own plan
2 Feb, 2018 Auckland Transport produced this image of how light rail would look but ranked it so low it…
Electric campervans, freight trucks and buses coming for ‘clean, green’ NZ’
A 58-tonne electric freight truck, electric buses and developing an electric campervan for tourism are among the initiatives to receive…
Jon Addison: Specialised trucks mean more freight on roads, not less
There seems to be a widespread belief that heavy trucks will be tossed off our roads and freight moved by…
Transport concerns unfounded: minister
Suggesting the Government was not going ahead with roading projects which do not exist is misleading, a spokeswoman for Transport…
National Party to petition govt over ‘highway projects’
The National Party is launching a series of petitions to drum up support for major highway projects which it says…
The top 5 transport stories in 2017
This year saw multiple transport milestones: from the world’s first electronic freight trucks, to fully solar-powered trains, to landmark decisions…