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Minister of Transport Chris Bishop has confirmed the Manawatū Tararua Highway will be opened to traffic from June 2025, restoring an important connection for communities and businesses on both sides of the Tararua Ranges.

“The new highway between Ashhurst and Woodville will replace State Highway 3 through the Manawatū Gorge, which was permanently closed in April 2017 due to landslides,” says Mr Bishop.

“Travel times will be greatly improved for both light and heavy vehicles using the new road. General traffic wil...

National road freight association Transporting New Zealand has backed congestion charging legislation, but says that amendments are necessary to maximise savings for consumers and businesses.

In its 27 April submission to the Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee, Transporting New Zealand has proposed four improvements to the draft legislation that would help maximise network efficiency and incentivise buy-in from the road freight sector and their customers:

1. Exempting freight and public transport vehic...

New Zealand’s road freight industry is painting a gloomy picture for business, with only a minority expecting their financial situation to improve over the coming year.

The results are contained in the 2025 National Road Freight Industry Survey, a major survey of 194 respondents across 128 road freight businesses, conducted in March this year by Research NZ on behalf of advocacy group Transporting New Zealand.

The survey was also promoted by the New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association and Groundspread NZ and repres...

It’s nice when a plan comes together.

There’s recently been a number of announcements by the Government about roading projects that are just finished, underway or planned for the near future.

Some of these include:

- The epic resealing of the 119 lane kilometres between Tirau and Waiouru.

- The early opening of the off-ramp on the Pāpāmoa East Interchange in Tauranga.

- NZTA endorsing Tauriko West Road of National Significance for the western Bay of Plenty.

- Plans for the Northland Expres...

The 2025 Brisbane Truck Show is set to showcase Isuzu's all-new model line-up, with a strong emphasis on safety, driver well-being, and state-of-the-art technology. This new range embodies Isuzu’s evolved ‘SEE’ engineering approach, focusing on Safety, Economy, and Environment. Isuzu has broken down its overarching safety philosophy into three pillars: Foundational safety (improving driving ergonomics and comfort), Active safety (preventing accidents), and Passive safety (protecting occupants and pedestrians during accidents...

Isuzu Trucks' top performing dealerships across New Zealand have been recognised, with the winners of the coveted Grandmasters dealership awards announced. The Isuzu Trucks Grandmasters dealership awards recognise more than just sales performance, with service, customer satisfaction, facility standards, administration performance and technical training all given important weighting in the judging process.

As a result, a Grandmasters accolade truly recognises the best of the very best across every facet of the dealershi...