Authorities are standing by their handling of a fatal crash on a busy Wellington motorway that led to motorists being stuck in gridlocked traffic for hours ...

A rubbish truck blaze on an Auckland's south-western motorway has forced a lane to close. Police said the truck spilled its load near the Lambie Drive off-ramp onto the motorway after it caught fire.

Motorists had been urged to keep windows closed and air conditioning off as the material of the rubbish on fire was unknown.

Fire and emergency crews are working to remove an injured person from a car that collided with a barrier near Dunedin. Emergency services were called to the Dunedin Southern Motorway, between the ...

One person has received moderate injuries in one of the two crashes on Greenhithe Bridge.