NZTD News

Positive business signals 

The latest NZIER Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion (QSBO) showed a strong lift in business confidence in the final quarter of 2025. A net 39 percent of firms expect better general economic conditions over the coming months on a seasonally adjusted basis. This was a substantial increase from the net 17 percent expecting an improved general economic outlook in the September quarter, and business confidence is at its highest level since March 2014. 

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New Zealand’s fairest fuel providers plan to create a national network that would continue to drive lower pump prices to Kiwis everywhere. 

The merger would combine NPD and Gull’s complementary sites, teams and supply chains to become the largest independent, majority Kiwi-owned fuel company. Retaining their distinctive brands, they plan to deliver faster, smarter and fairer fuel at 240 sites from Invercargill to Kaitaia.

Together, NPD and Gull will leverage behind-the-scenes capabilities and the increased b...

Engineers at Purdue University have successfully demonstrated the first U.S. roadway capable of wirelessly charging a heavy-duty electric truck while it travels at highway speeds. This milestone, achieved on a quarter-mile segment of U.S. Highway 52/U.S. Highway 231 in West Lafayette, Indiana, marks a significant step toward electrified highways that could recharge vehicles of all sizes across the nation.

The experimental system, developed by Purdue researchers in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Transporta...

Work to prepare for the installation of in-road scales on State Highway 2 Hawke’s Bay Expressway has been rescheduled.

The in-road scales, set to be installed on SH2 just north of the airport, are one of 4 sets to be installed as part of Napier’s new Commercial Vehicle Safety Centre (CVSC).

Work was set to get underway yesterday but will not go ahead until February. We will communicate the start of the work as soon as the programme has been finalised.

There will be minimal traffic impact during the work, as...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is urging drivers to be prepared for overnight road closures next week as resurfacing work continues on SH1 Ngauranga Gorge. These works are weather-dependent and schedules may change. Drivers are encouraged to check road conditions before they travel.

On Monday 19 January, 10pm-4.30am, SH1 will be CLOSED to southbound traffic from Johnsonville off-ramp to Ngauranga Interchange. This is for essential road resurfacing works.  

Light vehicles heading south can detour via ...

Road freight association Transporting New Zealand is urging the Government to remove provisions in the Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill that would allow existing roads to be tolled and enable heavy vehicles to be forced onto toll roads. Submissions on the Bill closed this week.

Transporting New Zealand Chief Executive Dom Kalasih says that they support tolling when it helps deliver new infrastructure sooner, but the Bill’s proposed expansion into "corridor tolling" of existing roads risks being seen as double ch...