Heavy snow overnight has closed roads in both the South and North islands. State Highway 87 between Outram and Kyeburn, SH1 from Dunedin to Waitati and SH94 from Te Anau to Milford. In the North Island, the Desert Road (SH1) was closed at 10pm yesterday......
The Manawatū Gorge replacement highway has been given the green light by the government which has earmarked up to $620 million for its construction. The gorge road, which had been one of the main routes between the west and east coast of the lower......
The Kuaotunu River Bridge on State Highway 25 on the Coromandel Peninsula will be closed for the next five weeks from today as repair work is carried out. The bridge was damaged in heavy rain earlier in September. The New Zealand Transport Agency said......
The Hamilton City Council has launched its first car-share scheme. It will allow people to hire a vehicle by the minute, hour, day or overnight by using an app on their phone. The council's general manager for infrastructure operations, Eeva-Liisa......
Motorists have been rushing to petrol pumps ahead of an expected hike in fuel prices in coming days. Global oil prices have jumped by 18 percent after drone attacks in Saudi Arabia cut off an estimated 5 percent of global demand. Local fuel retailers......
An energy consultant says it's too soon to say just what impact an attack on an oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia will have on petrol prices here. There are warnings the price of petrol could spike as a result of drone strikes on what's......
No plan to build an expressway in Horowhenua has disappointed mayors and council chairs in Manawatū-Whanganui region. New Zealand Transport Authority (NZTA) officials have put the brakes on a proposed expressway from Ōtaki to north of Levin, saying......
New vehicle sales are in decline after more than a decade of growth in a sign consumer demand is further softening. According to the Motor Industry Association (MIA), sales were down 4.5 percent in August compared to the same month in 2018, the fourth......
