Traffic

Six people have been hurt in two crashes in Tasman, including three who were critically injured, with police appealing for information and witnesses to one of the incidents.

The majority of the locations are short stretches of state highway heading into or out of small townships.

People who rushed to help pedestrians injured in a car crash have lifted a vehicle off a child, one of those first to the scene says.

Traffic is being diverted following the incident, which caused serious injuries.

Masterton District Council backs calls to designate the Remutaka Hill road as nationally significant due to a rise in traffic and ongoing safety risks.

Part of State Highway 1 through Northland has been blocked after a crash between a truck and car.

The road inside Cornwall Park was also closed after a eucalyptus tree fell on vehicles.

There's a mysterious yellow vessel in the Waitematā Harbour. The Detail investigates.

The blustery wind and driving rain may have died down but power cuts, ferry cancellations, flight backlogs and rubberneckers still confound the capital. Audio

NZTA Waka Kotahi warned flooding and slips are possible on much of State Highway 1.

An unstable weather system prone to producing thunderstorms is moving down the North Island and heading to parts of the South Island. Video

SH1 near Balclutha is closed after a stock truck rolled, scattering sheep, and leaving one person with minor injuries.

Six sections of state highway will not have their earlier higher speed limits reinstated due to public opposition, the Transport Agency says.

Motorists in the wider Wellington region are being warned that a large number of gang members will be travelling in the area for a funeral.

The government has declared a war on road cones, but the traffic management industry thinks it's the wrong approach to an issue it's already working on.

Part of Auckland Airport has been evacuated, in response to an incident.