Transport

Maintaining lawn order: Van wrapped in fake grass fails WoF

It's not easy being green, as one motorist found out, after a vehicle failed its Warrant of Fitness ...

The places where you're most likely to pass your driving test

A driving expert does not believe it is easier to pass a practical driver's licence test in rural ar...

Govt looks at ways to pay for its long list of new roads

Fuel taxes could soon be gone, and a new type of user pay system could be introduced as the Governme...

Work to reopen Rangitata rail bridge almost complete

Work to reopen a piece of critical rail infrastructure in the South Island is almost complete. The R...

Wait time for driving tests up to 2 months

Learner drivers are booking their tests before they are even ready because wait times have stretched...

NZTA launch new app in 'first step' towards digital driver licence

NZTA has launched a new app to help drivers manage things like Warrants of Fitness expiry dates and ...

Seven hours on a phone: Air NZ apologises to man left in limbo

Air New Zealand has been rated a four out of 10 for customer service by a family left in limbo when ...

Car fails WoF after being filled to the brim with rubbish

Motorists have been asked to clean their cars before Warrant of Fitness checks after an inspector wa...

NZTA tells dealers to repay Clean Car rebates on almost 200 EVs

Waka Kotahi/New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) has found almost 200 cases where car dealers pockete...

Fair Go: Why it's so hard to appeal a parking fine

Get ready to put up a ding-dong fight if you're one of those people who've received a parking ticket...

Auckland's new electric ferries to roll out next year

Auckland's first electric ferry could be in the water for testing late this year. Currently, ferries...

Random roadside drug testing: AA bemoans 'astonishing' delay

The AA has welcomed a Government announcement that random roadside drug testing is on the way – but ...

Campaign launched to get Southerner train back on the tracks

The Southerner train could make a comeback if an advocacy group gets its way. The Future is Rail has...

'Incorrectly charged': 20 months of parking tickets refunded

Invercargill City Council is set to refund nearly two years' worth of incorrectly-issued parking tic...

Commuter ferry could set sail in Tauranga by 2025

A ferry service between Mount Maunganui and Tauranga could be on the way in 2025. Auckland water tax...

Budget 2024: $267m to fix 'disturbing' passenger train problems

The Government will invest hundreds of millions to help fix "disturbing" reliability problems with m...