NZTD News

I’ve been a bit unlucky recently with my travel around the country.

I had two weeks of leave in the South Island and was due to return to Wellington last Sunday, but my Cook Strait crossing was cancelled. I was delayed a day getting back. Two days later, on a flight from Napier some low cloud stopped us landing at Wellington Airport. We turned around and I had another unscheduled overnight stay away from home. The following morning my rescheduled flight was delayed, meaning I’d miss my next flight to Hamilton. I ended ...

The Deepway Star electric truck, developed by Baidu and Lionbridge, will deliver chilled and frozen groceries across the lower North Island.

Foodstuffs North Island is charging ahead with the addition of a new electric truck to its supply chain fleet, set to hit the road next week.

The new Deepway Star electric truck is the latest addition to Foodstuffs’ supply chain fleet, and will operate out of Foodstuffs’ Palmerston North Distribution Centre, delivering chilled and frozen groceries to stores across the lower ...

The opening of the Penlinkhighway, delivered by the O Mahurangi Alliance,has been revised to late 2029, around 12 months later than previously anticipated, due to challenging construction conditions affecting progress on theWēitiRiver Bridge. 

TheWēitiRiver Bridge is the largest and most complex structure on the project and is critical to connecting the new highway to theWhangaparāoaPeninsula. Its construction has proven moretime consumingthan expected due to the complexity of the construction, difficult ground co...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) acknowledges the Government’s decision to proceed with installing a second toll point on the Tauranga Eastern Link Toll Road, following completion of the tolling assessment and public consultation process. 

The NZTA Board considered the findings from consultation and recommended to the Minister of Transport that a second toll point be installed near the new Pāpāmoa East Interchange at Wairākei. 

Susan Collins, NZTA Regional Manager of System Design, Waikato and Bay...

The Port CEOs Group has appointed Ian Bonnar as its Executive Director, supporting the Group’s role as a coordinated and constructive industry voice on national policy, regulatory and infrastructure matters. 

The Port CEOs Group brings together the chief executives of New Zealand’s major ports as a forum for collaboration, policy engagement and strategic discussion on issues of national significance affecting the port system. The Group focuses on sector-wide perspective and constructive dialogue with Government an...