The 30km City to Sea Rail Trail will begin in Longburn and go out towards the coast at Himatangi and Foxton – but a 6km section is in dispute.
New Zealand
Wednesday 8:31pm
2:29
The state of the Atiwhakatu Bridge on Norfolk Rd was first brought to the council table in February 2025.
Politics
Wednesday 5:06pm
Work has started to extend the road in order to strengthen coastal resilience along the vulnerable stretch of coastline.
Wednesday 2:56pm
As of April this year, 11,806 people aged 90 hold a current driver's licence, up 40% from 10 years ago.
Wednesday 6:00am
1:33
Auckland Transport has completed a temporary road in a northwest Auckland suburb to provide a vital link between residents and nearby Hobsonville Point.
Tue, Jun 23
Up to 5km of cabling has gone missing from the Wairarapa alone in six months, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs and leaving commuters stranded.
Crime and Justice
1:34
Police and Wairarapa officials say rife vandalism and flouted speed limits are putting other road users at risk.
The Federal Aviation Administration investigating an incident between two commercial flights at Boston Logan International Airport.
World
Mon, Jun 22
The East-West cycleway would provide a valuable biking route for numerous Nelson students and link two sides of the city, but the scale of parking loss is a worry for some on the council.
Flight NZ582, bound for Auckland, had been preparing to depart when the incident occurred, the airline said.
Sun, Jun 21
For the first time in 110 days, ships owned by major companies were crossing the strait after effectively being marooned there since February.
Fri, Jun 19
The company's CEO said landing a huge customer such as Dubai International Airport was also expected to create opportunities beyond a single contract.
Business
The service, which will take off in 2027, will become the world's longest direct passenger flight, covering over 16,000km.
Thu, Jun 18
The B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at a US Air Force base in Southern California.
Wed, Jun 17
Transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere said he was confident in Labour's workings.
Tue, Jun 16
Black smoke rose from a large swath of charred desert at Edwards Air Force Base near what appeared to be a runway, with emergency vehicles nearby.
Massey University researcher Thomas Nash has visited UK cities to see what NZ can learn from building communities with trains at the centre.
Mon, Jun 15
KiwiRail says it's confident the contractor has been sufficiently retrained, after a series of faults that could have caused life changing injury were found.
Sun, Jun 14
Transport spokesperson Tangi Utikere was pressed about the central claims behind average savings claims for commuters by Q+A interviewer Jack Tame.
Restrictions were in place at the airport due to this morning's fog, which blanketed the city.
Sat, Jun 13
A search warrant at a Naenae address uncovered six stolen chargers and equipment police say was being used to break down the units for parts.
Fri, Jun 12
The Ministry of Education is urgently seeking answers after a nonverbal, autistic boy was left in a Ritchies van for hours.
Bus replacements have been running on the Johnsonville Line since Saturday, when a passenger train diverted onto a dead-end track near Khandallah Station.
Thu, Jun 11
The Opposition said this was surprising given there were no moves to improve public transport in the Budget.
Amid floodwaters in April 2024, the inundated Canterbury bridge was only closed to trains after a passerby noticed it, an investigation has found.
