Wellington, Oct 13 NZPA - A northern business lobby has backed the industry-led approach to ports rationalisation recommended in a government-commissioned maritime freight report -- but warns ratepayer-owned ports may have problems with such decisions.

Wellington, July 23 NZPA - The Transport Ministry is looking into loopholes that allow some drink driving offenders to return to driving without treatment for alcohol addiction and could report back as early as next week.

Wellington, July 23 NZPA - The Transport Ministry is looking into loopholes that allow some drink driving offenders to return to driving without treatment for alcohol addiction and could report back as early as next week.

Wellington, April 20 NZPA - The Government says it is willing to spend over $100,000 to probe how linkages with Hamilton and Tauranga could boost the economic performance of Auckland.

Wellington, March 3 NZPA - The Government has lost the bottle to take on the problem of drink driving and is making young people the scapegoat in its latest measures to tackle the country's road toll, say political and road safety groups.

Wellington, March 3 NZPA - New Zealanders could face a raft of new driving rules later this year under proposals unveiled by Transport Minister Steven Joyce today.

Wellington, Oct 15 NZPA - Motorcyclists say they are being blamed for accidents caused by other drivers and steep ACC increases are not justified. They also question why, if accident figures were behind the decision, cyclists were not being pinged.

Wellington, June 25 NZPA - The controversial Transmission Gully motorway proposal north of Wellington was labelled a "lemon" in Parliament today as potential pitfalls were pointed out.