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Construction on a new bridge replacement on State Highway 43 (SH43) the Forgotten World Highway will get underway this month, kicking off a raft of priority bridge replacements across the country, says Transport Minister Chris Bishop.

“In the next two years, 13 bridges and culverts right across the country will either be replaced or receive significant renewal work. This is an increase on the nine bridges and culverts which originally formed this project to replace priority bridges,” Mr Bishop says.

“Replacing an...

The 2024/25-2026/27 Rail Network Investment Programme has been finalised, providing $1.360 billion over three years with infrastructure investment that backs provincial New Zealand, Rail Minister Winston Peters says.

“When the taxpayer builds an asset, we expect it to be used for the benefit of our economy and not wasting away on the side of the road, which is why we are focussed on a no-nonsense rebuild of the railways,” Mr Peters says.

“Since the first railway was laid in 1863, rail has built New Zealand into a...

As daylight saving begins on Sunday 28 September, Kiwis may welcome the brighter evenings and promise of summer BBQs, but the switch comes with a darker side. Health data shows the sudden disruption to body clocks has measurable consequences: hospitals in Michigan, US found heart attacks spike by 24 percent on the Monday immediately following the spring shift, while a 2024 review of 12 studies confirmed a four percent increase in risk across the two weeks that follow setting clocks an hour forward. Road crashes also climb by...

Road freight association Transporting New Zealand is welcoming the Government’s competition law shakeup, saying that reform is needed to address limited competition in ports, airports, airlines, retail electricity and fuel.

Transporting New Zealand’s Head of Policy and Advocacy Billy Clemens says that as a highly competitive sector of over 5,000 individual businesses, 75% operating 5 truc...

WorkSafe forestry ACOP welcomed  

WorkSafe recently published its approved code of practice (ACOP) for persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) involved in forestry and harvesting operations. 

This is notable for a number of reasons, particularly in terms of leadership from a regulator that is majo...

Freight must be treated as a priority, no longer a planning afterthought, as part of the Government’s and Auckland Council’s restructuring of AT announced today says National Road Carriers Association (NRC).

“Despite costing $1.5 billion a year to run, AT has very limited expertise in freight,“ said NRC CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers. “Right now, freight is an afterthought for Auckland’s transport planners.

“National Road Carriers supports the Government’s and Auckland Council’s moves today to address critical failings ...