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A full northbound closure is required on State Highway 1 (SH1) between Oteha Valley Road and the Silverdale interchange for three nights in mid-July for road surface maintenance. 

The closures will be in place between 9pm and 5am on Monday 13, Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 July .

Road users are asked to take the recommended detour via Oteha Valley Road and Dairy Flat Highway while the closure is in place. There will be no access to bpConnect Dairy Flat. 

Nearby properties may experience increased no...

Full construction will begin next week on the Pepe Stream Bridge replacement on State Highway 25 (SH25) in the Coromandel, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says.

Enabling works for the new bridge started in May 2026, including building a temporary footbridge and relocating services. From next week, the old footbridge will be demolished, making way for construction of the first lane of the new bridge, including a shared path.

Early next year, traffic will be switched onto that new lane, allowing the 83-year-old bri...

Road freight association Transporting New Zealand is welcoming the announcement of planned changes to road user rules which it supports because they reflect common practice.

The Minister of Transport has announced a number of road rule changes to come into effect later this year, including permitting children aged 12 and under to ride bicycles on the footpath, and e-scooters being allowed to use cycle lanes.

“Transporting New Zealand supports these common sense changes which are essentially legalising what is alr...

The Light Traffic Index (LTI) fell 0.2% in May to be up just 0.4% y/y, a marked loss of momentum. The Heavy Traffic Index (HTI) fell 1.3% in the month, but is still up 1.9% y/y.

Light traffic (motorbikes, cars and vans) is generally a good indicator of the state of demand, as opposed to production. It typically provides up to a six-month lead on momentum in the economy, with variation reflecting discretionary spending on outings, movement of couriers and tradespeople etc. Light traffic has been noticeably lower in rece...

I’ve sat in a lot of transport conferences. Few have felt like something actually shifted in the room. Aka Raupapa, the inaugural Freight & Supply Chain Superhui, held at the University of Waikato this week and hosted by Tainui Group Holdings, was one of them.

I was proud to serve on the advisory panel that helped bring this event to life, and to take part on the panel “Reimagining New Zealand’s Supply Chain,” alongside leaders from KiwiRail, Talley’s and Woolworths NZ. But the real story wasn’t who was on stage. It wa...

At our annual conference, I had the pleasure of setting out Transporting New Zealand’s policy priorities as we approach Election 2026. These priorities come from our members, have good cut through with the public, and acknowledge how important our sector is to the success of the whole country.

Securing New Zealand’s fuel supply

This year, New Zealanders got a hard lesson about the importance of a resilient diesel supply.

New Zealand’s isolation, that previously protected us against foreign ...