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

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 ...

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

Authorities have defended their response to a fatal crash on State Highway 1 north of Wellington, after kilometres of motorists were trapped in gridlocked traffic for hours.