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New bridges for drivers and pedestrians over the rail lines in Takanini are a step closer with the award of a construction contract for new bridges to replace rail level crossings. 

About 2,500 tonnes of asphalt will be laid in just two weeks while the Ti Rākau Drive/Pakūranga Highway intersection is closed from 27 December 2025 to 12 January 2026.

Public transport is often the easiest way to get around Auckland during the festive and summer season.

This summer we are delivering the last big push on the Rail Network Rebuild and other critical City Rail Link (CRL) preparations, with more than 1,300 people involved in repairing tracks, building new platforms, pedestrian bridges, removing level crossings and testing the new more frequent timetable that will launch when CRL opens next year.   

South Auckland residents are invited to get on their bikes this weekend to celebrate the opening of a new 3.5km cycleway connecting Māngere Bridge and Māngere Town Centre. The new path links schools, parks, churches, and community hubs, making it easier for people to walk, cycle, and wheel around Māngere and beyond. 

On Sunday 30 November the Farmers Santa Parade will bring thrills and delight to thousands of families who line the city streets to watch this Christmas spectacle.

Auckland Transport (AT) is doubling the public transport discount for tertiary students from 20 per cent to 40 per cent from 14 December 2025, in a move designed to improve transport affordability for Auckland’s tertiary students and remove barriers to study. 

Auckland Transport (AT) and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) are advising drivers to expect significant  delays on Auckland’s roads when IKEA opens its first New Zealand store at Sylvia Park next Thursday (4 December).

Auckland’s shopping destinations and malls will be busy between now and Christmas as Black Friday sales lure in bargain hunters and window shoppers alike. Black Friday also signals the start of the festive season, with major events and after work celebrations putting extra pressure on roads, parking facilities and public transport.

Auckland Transport (AT) is continuing to tackle congestion as a network-wide solution to the city’s traffic problems.

Frequent buses are set to roll back onto one of Auckland city centre’s key transport routes, just in time for the busy Christmas shopping season.  

More than 60 pieces of art from local school students now take pride of place on a new mural at Homai Station.

It’s going to be a busy afternoon and evening on Auckland’s transport network with more than 50,000 Metallica fans in town for tonight’s gig at Eden Park.

This weekend we are celebrating and recognising the thousands of Auckland bus drivers who get you to where you need to go every day, safely and reliably. 

Anyone travelling along Park Road near Auckland Hospital during the day likely knows the frustration: slow-moving traffic and long delays between 10am and 2pm.