NZTD News

NZTA will soon start using a new, smaller mobile safety camera trailer to detect speeding.  

These smaller trailers are joining their fleet of camera-equipped SUVs and our existing trailers (which are larger).  

We've started testing the new trailer in Christchurch (we're not issuing fines during testing), and then we’ll start operating it in Otago and Southland. The new trailers are smaller which means they can be parked up roadside in more places than the existing trailers. Otherwise, there’s no chang...

The state highway summer maintenance programme is stepping up in the Hutt Valley, with resurfacing planned at multiple locations along State Highway 2 over the coming weeks. 

Roxanne Hilliard, Wellington Alliance Manager, says around 13.8 lane kilometres* of State Highway 2 will be resurfaced from Ngauranga to Maoribank. 

“We will have road crews working at multiple locations. These include Ngauranga to Petone, near Kennedy Good Bridge, and at Maoribank in Upper Hutt.”  

“We will be starting ...

Linfox welcomed organisations from across the industry to their Auckland distribution centre for the second Road Freight Decarbonisation Update, hosted by Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand. 

The Volvo FM Electric Truck, recently announced as one of the range of Heavy Electric Trucks that won International Truck of the Year 2027, was on display at the meeting. Alongside Linfox, key industry leaders discussed practical solutions to accelerate progress and learn more about the technology, infrastructure and co...

Early next month State Highway 2 through the Waioweka Gorge reopens to two-way traffic for the first time since January. At the Goldsmith slip, where more than 20,000 cubic metres of hillside came down, a 45-metre rockfall barrier is now in place. Soon after it was installed, it caught more than 10 cubic metres of falling rock. 

That is resilience doing its job. 

The South Island is getting the same attention. More than $150 million from Budget 2026 is going into five of the mainland’s most vulnerable s...

Fuel resilience  

Last week I shared a story about the pipeline infrastructure upgrade between the fuel tanker vessel berth and bulk storage depots in Seaview, Wellington. It felt great sharing some positivity about our fuel supply.  

However, to demonstrate what a crazy world we’re living in I thought I’d share a few snippets from our fuel supplier friends at Waitomo Group, who routinely share an incredible and insightful report on the situation.

 - The International Maritim...

Daimler Truck Defence will supply the New Zealand Ministry of Defence and New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) with 61 Mercedes-Benz Unimog vehicles as part of a fleet renewal programme. The vehicles are part of an investment by the New Zealand Government to modernise its logistics and support fleet for training, transport tasks, disaster relief and emergency operations in New Zealand. The phased delivery of the new vehicles is scheduled to begin in 2027.

Daniel Zittel, Chief Sales Officer, Daimler Truck Defence: “The NDZF...