NZTD News

Southern Thunder comes to Teretonga Park in Invercargill this weekend (15/16 March) with the NAPA Auto Parts NZ Super Trucks Championship supported by Kings House Removals and UDC V8 Utes headlining the action. 

All the big names of the NZ Super Truck Championship will be on the grid and action is guaranteed. Shane Gray of Wellington in his Kenworth leads the points as competitors head to this, the third round of their championship. However, he has only a seven point margin over Brent ‘Bones’ Collins of Pareora in...

South Wairarapa District Council is looking to plug a $5.3 million hole in its three-year roading budget with a loan, reports Emily Ireland

It followed the Government’s policy review on roading last year where the council received no funding for “low cost, low risk” projects.

Low-cost low-risk projects is a work category that included small road and intersection improvements, traffic calming measures, lighting improvements, guard railing, walking and cycling facilities, mesh installation, drainage improvements, a...

New Zealand’s largest and most ambitious road maintenance project, the Tīrau to Waiouru Accelerated Maintenance programme, reaches a major milestone this week with the reopening of State Highway 1 (SH1) at the Desert Road on Friday 14 March. 

SH1 between Tūrangi and Waiouru, including the Desert Road, has been closed to traffic since 13 January. It’s been a major undertaking, with a large amount of work achieved in a short time, says Roger Brady, Regional Manager of Maintenance and Operations for NZ Transport Agen...

TDX is pleased to announce the renewal of its partnership with Shell Lubricants, securing its position as the appointed Shell Lubricants Distributor in New Zealand for another five years. TDX was first appointed the Shell Lubricants Distributor for New Zealand as part of a three year agreement in 2020, which was subsequently extended to five years. This further extension of another five years, reaffirms the strong relationship between Shell Lubricants and TDX and highlights the continued commitment to delivering world-class ...

The Light Traffic Index (LTI) continues to bounce around a flat trend, up 0.4% in February and just 0.1% year on year. The more volatile Heavy Traffic Index (HTI) fell 0.2%, which could be characterised as a strong result given it followed a strong lift the previous month. It is up nearly 5% year on year. 

Light traffic (motorbikes, cars and vans) is generally a good indicator of the state of demand, as opposed to production. It typically provides a six-month lead on momentum in the economy – variation reflects di...

Regular Transport Minute readers will be familiar with me beating the drum on freight task productivity.

What's the issue? Government agencies responsible for transport and productivity aren't tasked or measured on it.

What's the solution? Set a goal for improving freight task productivity, a plan to get there, and measure performance.

The stark reality that it is taking longer and longer to deliver goods in New Zealand is being ignored. 

In a year announced by the government as the year of ...