Infrastructure

Road closure breaches mean a full closure is needed for State Highway 53 Tauwharenīkau Bridge repairs.

It had been due to reopen on 13 May but another seven weeks have been added to an already nine-week closure.

The government its expanding Roads of National Significance to regional routes, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.

Failing to anticipate the complexity of the consenting system is being cited as the the current builder's shortcomings, an Infrastructure Commission review says.

Analysis - A big announcement about Auckland's water woes was overshadowed by a chaotic press conference about prisons, Peter Wilson writes.

New Zealand's largest electricity distributor is warning the country to hurry up with controls around charging electric vehicles or face unnecessary bills running into the billions.

Officials are looking at better ways of choosing who gets the power during shortages amid relentlessly growing demands.

The country has avoided power cuts as households and big industrial users rallied to cut back on an unseasonably cold day. Audio

Labour Party climate spokesperson Megan Woods said climate change "know no partisan politics".

The capital will get more housing including six-storey buildings and minimum front and side yard requirements in high-density residential zones.

Major earthworks are finished and the pavement will soon be laid on a vital transport link between Manawatū and Hawke's Bay.

The country's water services regulator says actions over the next eight months will be critical to ensure the capital has enough drinking water.

Council did not provide sufficient evidence to support its reasons for removing the 10 buildings from the Heritage schedule, Chris Bishop says.

Advocacy group 'Stop Stealing our Harbour' believe the 35-year lease proposal for the Port of Auckland - which is now off the table - was an ill-conceived plan.