The 4.5km Te Ara Tupua path between Ngauranga and Petone was opened today by Transport Minister Chris Bishop and his son Jeremy.
Politics
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Nikhil Ravishankar said the company was looking to cut costs as it faces losses of up to nearly $400 million.
Business
9:28am
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The region already has two of New Zealand’s three toll roads, including the Tauranga Eastern Link and Takitimu Dr.
Thursday 7:44pm
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The men were each shocked by 25,000 volts of electricity from overhead lines.
New Zealand
Thursday 5:59pm
The legislation enabled the future use of digital licences as an "optional alternative" to the familiar cards.
Thursday 7:50am
The fuel crisis has reduced revenue for the National Land Transport Fund – with a signalled decision to shelve an imminent fuel excise hike potentially deepening the shortfall.
Thursday 6:00am
Increasingly powerful e-bikes and e-scooters were hitting the market and causing a headache for police, says motorists' advocacy group.
Wed, May 13
"No child should be left behind when they're trying to get to school in a situation like this and transport providers have a responsibility to ensure that children are not put in harm's way."
Mon, May 11
Police were called to the scene near Coxhead Rd, Mangatarata, about 6.30am.
Sun, May 10
Strong wind watches expand and heavy rain hits West Coast and upper South Island, with more disruption expected as system moves east.
Fri, May 8
Newly released data suggests someone intentionally cut off the fuel to both engines of a China Eastern Airlines jet before it slammed into a mountain in 2022, killing all 132 people aboard.
World
More than 30 residents from the Bishop Snedden Retirement Village sign and present a petition.
Thu, May 7
The 11-year-old was "left on the footpath in tears" after trying to get from Auckland's Pt Chevalier to school in Ponsonby.
The country's largest infrastructure project has been under construction, in some form, for over a decade and has had several cost escalations over that time.
Repairs planned for that week had to be delayed due to bad weather.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission today released findings into the January 2023 incident, when Kaitaki lost power and drifted within about 1.4 km of coastline before its engines were restarted.
Our ageing car fleet is getting older as we do less mileage, vehicles get more reliable and our economy is stalling.
Wed, May 6
Newly released NZTA documents warn relatively small, dense crowds can trigger side‑to‑side movement on the clip‑on lanes, potentially crushing pedestrians and damaging the bridge.
Parking around Onehunga Mall will increase from 30 minutes to an hour, and 120 minutes in some places, from next week for 12 months.
Mon, May 4
Local agencies strongly advocating for the return of Bailey bridge components to the West Coast after much of the South Island supply was taken north for road repairs.
Freshly installed road safety equipment hadn't yet been put into operation before it was felled in suspected vandalism.
Crime and Justice
The changes are the first to take effect since the Government confirmed it would scrap the full licence test.
The Line 0 bus is the latest piece of conceptual art from twin brothers Frank and Patrik Riklin, encouraging riders to take a break from their daily routine.
Sun, May 3
Te Matau a Pohe, which is New Zealand's only rolling bascule bridge and one of fewer than a dozen of its type in the world, opened in July 2013.
Speeding through school zones is a common problem around the country, according to the New Zealand Principals' Federation.
