The Latest Breaking News from Waka Kotahi

The New Zealand electorate loves nothing more than a promise to see most of the country paved in asphalt in an unrealistically short amount of time for an unrealistically small amount of money.

Waka Kotahi is going further into debt and commuters will be asked to cough up more as the government ramps up funding to deliver its transport plans 

New Zealand is a small country that suddenly has big ideas about public transportation projects for its largest city. In February, the physical work began for a partially tunnelled light rail line under the Auckland CBD that will eventually connect to the airport. The project could ultimately have a price…

Independent taxi drivers asking for sky-high fares are causing headaches for the wider taxi industry.

An industry body says it’s had to “regulate the regulators” in response to a plague of independent taxi drivers happy to ask for extortionate fares

Court rules a Government policy prioritising cuts in greenhouse gas emissions is simply guidance

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

Roads up and down the country have taken a hammering after a summer of storms - who pays the repair bill?

Landslips, road closures, homes and businesses flooded and more heavy rain on the way. Here is what you need to know as the severe weather continues.