2026-08-25 - Auckland commuters may pay up to $7 a trip as congestion charge options revealed and 9 more stories
This episode includes 10 news blocks. The government will need to commit to the northwestern busway if charging commuters goes ahead, one councillor says. The law change would put "a brake on excessive increases and [give] ratepayers greater certainty", the minister says. Labour would reverse the government's heated tobacco policy and introduce a licensing regime for tobacco and vape products. Health NZ officials have met with North Shore Hospital ED nurses to discuss what the nurses are callin…