NZTD News

The June 2026 issue of New Zealand Truck & Driver is on-sale this week featuring a quiet revolution taking place in the forests around Rotorua. 

The Giti Tyres Big Test takes a look at the world-first battery electric Scania B-Train logger now at work in the Rotorua Forest Haulage fleet.

The unique truck and the charging infrastructure which supports it are providing lessons which will help shape the future of log transport. 

June’s Advantage Tyre Solutions Fleet Focus visits South Island chilled ...

The Labour Party will scrap National’s fuel excise tax increase while fuel prices remain high, and families continue to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis the National Government has been making worse.

New data shows fuel prices continuing to surge, with no relief in sight from this Government.

"Fuel costs are squeezing families and businesses already stretched thin before this crisis began, and the Government is still doing nothing about it,” Labour Leader Chris Hipkins said. 

"Petrol prices have...

Five nights of road closures start this Sunday for State Highway 58, with storm repairs and maintenance works planned for the route.

The highway will have night closures from 24 to 28 May (Sunday to Thursday nights) between 9pm and 4:30am.

Contractors will be completing a wide range of tasks including flood repairs, general maintenance, and SH58 Safety Improvement Project works. 

This includes scour and washout repairs, removing rockfalls, clearing vegetation, and clearing flood debris from culverts an...

A stretch of State Highway 3 between Johns Road and Surrey Road will close for two nights next month for asphalt patch repairs. 

The road will be closed between 7pm and 5am on Saturday (6 June) and Sunday (7 June). The work is expected to be finished and the road reopened by 5am Monday 8 June.

The work will see patches of damaged pavement repaired to maintain the road before crews can return next summer to undertake drainage improvements and rebuild the road. 

This work needs to be done while it’s...

Removal of regulatory barriers that make it harder for businesses and communities to cope with global fuel shocks has begun Minister for Regulation David Seymour and Minister for Transport Chris Bishop say.

“New Zealand’s fuel supply is stable. We’re focussed on keeping it that way. There are few things as important to Kiwis as ensuring New Zealand’s fuel supply remains strong,” Mr Seymour says. 

“Last month we called for businesses, fuel users, freight operators, and the wider public to report any regulator...

State Highway 3 through Awakino Gorge will be opening 24/7 from tonight (22 May).

The road, between Mōkau and Piopio will be open under a mix of two-way traffic and stop/go traffic management.

This is an important step forward after severe weather mid last month triggered multiple slips, flooding and rockfall through the gorge and closed the road. We know this news will be welcomed by many in the community and those who regularly use the road.

It will make travel easier for local communities, freight and ot...