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Joyce: No more than $3 for Transmission Gully toll
Steven Joyce says the toll on the Transmission Gully route will be no more than $3.
Mayors at odds over Transmission Gully plan
Wellington's mayor lauds a move to proceed with Transmission Gully but her Kapiti counterpart admits to being "extremely disappointed".
Transmission Gully to go ahead in $2.2bn upgrade
The long-awaited Transmission Gully route has been approved as part of a $2.2 billion upgrade of State Highway 1 from Wellington to Levin.
Car crash leaves boy trapped next to dead grandfather
An 11-year-old boy was trapped in a crashed car with his dead grandfather for 20 minutes yesterday.
Cars crash in 30cm deep offal spill
Blood, fat and discarded pieces of butchered animals were spread 15km on SH2 after a tailgate opened on a truck.
PM wants to work with Labour on seabed law
The PM has left the door open for Labour to work with the Government on a solution to the problematic foreshore and seabed law.
Teen jailed for death of friend in drink-drive crash
A teenager whose night of drinking ended with the death of his best friend in a road crash has been jailed for five years.
Crash victim forced to save wife or son
A man had to choose between rescuing his wife or teenage son when their car plunged into a river at the weekend.
Woman and girl, 3, die in house fire
It is too early to say whether a fire that killed a woman and a child overnight is suspicious, police say.