Roads
Tauranga residents push back on contentious road upgrade
Hugely significant; hugely costly; hugely wrong. They are all ways being used to describe the largest overhaul of the main street heading into the centre of Tauranga.
Kāpiti businesses call for Transmission Gully opening date
Kāpiti businesses want a date locked in for the opening of the Transmission Gully motorway.
Evan Osnos: 'Greed has always been part of America's formula'
When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Evan Osnos was living away from the United States for a decade, he often found himself making a case for his home country, despite the grave mistakes it had made… Audio
Banning the Mayor on George Street, Dunedin
The saga of changing Dunedin's main street in the centre of the city - George Street - to one way, continues with a retailer banning the mayor this week from his shop, after a vote last week to make… Audio
Weather: Frosty cold front sweeps over Aotearoa
A cold front has swept across New Zealand in the last 24 hours, leaving motorists stranded, closing schools and bringing a heavy dusting of snow to skifields.
Highways across the country have… Video, Audio
Auckland businesses near CRL work protest for compensation
Out of pocket Auckland businesses trading alongside a giant City Rail Link trench say they may fold before the project's complete.
The Albert Street business owners protested outside the Auckland… Video, Audio
Govt scraps road projects, pledges rail, cycling, walking plans
The government has pulled a u-turn on transport projects it promised more than a year ago, saying it wants to cut carbon emissions and potential price hikes too.
Six of the 32 multi-billion-dollar… Audio
Cracked Northland roads contributed to road deaths
A coroner has found that a cracked road in Northland was a contributing factor to the death of two Spanish tourists in 2009.
Eva Fajula Rovira and Joan Roma Serra were killed when a Linfox truck… Audio
The challenges of NZ roads
One of New Zealand's leading experts in roading, Wayne Hatcher, joins The Panel to discuss the particular challenges of maintaining NZ roads. Audio
Govt urged to ramp up investment in NZ's roads
The government is being urged to ramp up investment in road maintenance. Audio
Cyclists don't slow traffic as much as thought - researcher
Frustrated with bikes slowing traffic? New research from Portland shows cyclists don't usually affect traffic speeds much, even though it may feel like they do. Audio
Do bicycles slow cars down on low speed, low traffic roads?
Frustrated with bikes slowing traffic? New research from Portland shows cyclists don't usually affect traffic speeds much, even though it may feel like they do. Audio
The Weekend Panel with Jane Clifton & Richard Harman
Our weekend panellists Jane Clifton and Richard Harman offer their thoughts on the past week's news from Aotearoa and abroad. They're looking at Covid-19-related matters and the launch of the… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Linda Clark & Richard Harman
As election day creeps closer, the last week has seen more political scandals come to light, and politicians from both sides of the aisle handing in their resignations. Weekend panellists Linda Clark… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Linda Clark & Richard Harman
Linda Clark and Richard Harman offer their thoughts on issues like euthanasia and cannabis, but primarily this week it's politics, and how the new-look National party is positioned with the New… Audio
Dangerspace
Eddie Sanders has developed an online interactive map to record transport 'near misses'. He joins us to tel us all about Dangerspace. Audio
Drivers, get out of the way - emergency services' plea
That's the message from emergency services frustrated with Auckland drivers who are blocking their way as they rush to critical incidents, lights flashing and sirens blazing.
Dash cam footage… Video, Audio
Era of mobility as a service
Bill McKay talks to Kathryn about the burgeoning need to share streets as we move into the era of 'Mobility as a Service'. Bill McKay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture and Planning at… Audio
Cheap alcohol fuelling NZ's worsening drinking culture
Data released from New Zealand's largest annual health survey shows that our drinking culture is continuing to move in the wrong direction. Alcohol Healthwatch Executive Director Dr Nicki Jackson says… Audio
Sinkhole opens up on Tauranga road
A sinkhole has forced the closure of a road in the south of Tauranga city. Police say the hole on Oropi Road appeared early this afternoon and the road will remain closed as council engineers assess… Video, Audio