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Paul Fincham holds his Outstanding Contribution to Training trophy, shaped like a truck, in front of a Scania truck at KAM's Wellington depot.

Paul Fincham started his career in transport as a dispatcher almost 30 years ago. While “trainer” has never been in his official title, over the years it’s become a fundamental part of his role. 

So much so, he’s the most recent winner of the MITO Outstanding Contribution to Training Award, announced at Transporting New Zealand’s June conference. 

“It was j...

The last week or so has been like a long sailing voyage. Just when you think you’re through the worst of it and you’re starting to make good speed over ground and the seas are comfortable, the winds flare up. But in the back of my mind, I’m confident we will get through. 

The nice sailing indicators 

We saw in the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI), New Z...

According to Autosense CEO Charles Dawson, the Road Freight Update at Transporting New Zealand's recent 60th Anniversary Conference provided an opportunity to reflect on how our understanding of driver fatigue is evolving.

AutoSense was proud to support the report because it brings together many of the same lessons we've learned while working alongside fleets across New Zealand. Drawing on insights from our own Guardian Insights Report 2025/26, which captures driving behaviour recorded in 6,098 vehicles that have compl...

This is the second of three Transport Minutes drawing on Aka Raupapa, the inaugural Freight & Supply Chain Superhui at the University of Waikato on 1-2 July. Last week I wrote about our changing workforce. 

This week: how Australia already solved the strategy problem we are still wheel spinning about. 

On the panel, Samantha Leighton, Head of Government and Industry Affairs at the Australian Logistics Council (ALC), walked us through something New Zealand does not yet have: a genuine, government-endorse...

Auckland’s East West Link and Mill Rd were among five of the 17 Roads of National Significance that would progress more slowly. 

Last week, Transport Minister Chris Bishop said not all projects could happen at once, and the programme would be phased. He accepted 2023 commitments the government made were “ambitious”.

The Roads of National Significance have been a key transport priority for the government, but it has been dogged by questions over their costs and their implementation.

National Road Carrie...

by Derek Foley, Chair National Livestock Transport and Safety Council

Recently I attended an Animal Welfare Network Aotearoa (AWNA) workshop in Wellington on behalf of the National Livestock and Transport Safety Council (NLT&SC). 

AWNA brings together representatives from government agencies, industry organisations, veterinary professionals, researchers, animal welfare organisations, and others involved in animal welfare. 

The organisations represented within AWNA influen...