NZTD News

New Zealand’s road freight industry needs to get more young people behind the wheel if it is going to meet the country’s future freight needs, says the sector's peak body. With the support of Teletrac Navman, Transporting New Zealand has launched Supporting New Drivers, a short report which looks at the barriers Kiwis face in getting driver licences and what can be done to help more people progress into a transport career.

Transporting New Zealand Chief Executive Dom Kalasih says New Zealand cannot afford to overlook t...

The Light Traffic Index (LTI) rose 0.2% in October but is down 1.7% compared to a year ago. The Heavy Traffic Index (HTI) fell 0.4% in the month, and is up 0.5% y/y. The data are seasonally adjusted.

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 no...

Completion of the second of two replacement bridges on South Canterbury’s State Highway 82 means safer, more reliable travel for all users of this important inland road. 

The new Waihao North River Bridge has recently been completed by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and is now in use on SH82/Hakataramea Highway, which connects State Highway 1 to popular tourist destinations in the Mackenzie Basin and Central Otago. The new Elephant Hill Stream Bridge further along SH82 opened in May of this year (see image...

In 1936, 29 Auckland owner-carriers decided small operators needed one voice. Ninety years later, National Road Carriers has worked with Governments of every stripe. Tomorrow, New Zealand picks the next one. 

No matter who wins we will work with them. We have built relationships with parties across the increasingly splintered political spectrum on your behalf. 

Fuel has jumped to third on the list of voters' worries, behind only the cost of living and health. Ipsos has it at 31%, up from 17% in Septembe...

The General Election is upon us this weekend. This is the most fascinating election I can recall for a long time, and I’m sure a lot of the country will be following it closely. 

Regardless of what happens, I don’t think we’ll understand the workings and the impacts for several weeks, but the sun will still come up on Sunday. With the exception of road funding, where one team has said there’ll be no increase in Fuel Excise Duty, by and large the six major parties seemed to be broadly in agreement on most other tra...

Wairarapa farmers and allied contractors will reap the benefits of a $1.55 million loan from the Regional Infrastructure Fund to support the establishment of a new grain drying and storage facility in Carterton.

The loan will enable farmers to store up to 4000 tonnes of grain in the region instead of trucking it to Manawatu for storage, Associate Regional Development Minister Mark Patterson says. 

The creation of the facility will help support more than 300 workers across farming, transport, contracting and ...