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Watercare has brought into service Auckland’s first permanent non-potable tanker filling station in Māngere, easing demand on the city’s drinking water supply.

The $1.2 million tanker filling station replaces the temporary non potable tanker filling station in Penrose, which has been providing untreated water for non-drinking purposes to commercial customers since 2020.

The filling station will be available to commercial customers for non-drinking purposes such as dust suppression, house cleaning, irrigation and ...

The Government will boost economic growth by reforming health and safety laws to lessen the cost and burden of compliance on low-risk businesses, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden says. 

“We’re delivering on the ACT-National coalition agreement to reform health and safety laws and regulations. We want all Kiwis to return home safe after every working day. 

“I’ve listened and I’m acting. Cabinet has today agreed to a suite of system-wide changes, including sharpening the Health an...

As part of the State Highway 1 Papakura to Drury project, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) advises the two northbound lanes on SH1 between Drury Interchange and the BP motorway service centre will be shifted westward overnight on Sunday 6 April, weather permitting.

A full motorway closure in both directions between Papakura and Drury Interchanges is required overnight from 9pm on Sunday 6 April to 5am on Monday 7 April to roll out this traffic switch. During this and other motorway closures necessary for this pro...

Rail Minister Winston Peters has described KiwiRail’s payment of $8 million to a management consultancy firm as unacceptable. 

“We are not criticising McKinsey, whose services were tendered in a lawful and competitive manner. We are criticising the decision to pay that sum,” says Mr Peters.

KiwiRail engaged McKinsey on 6 December 2023, but did not tell the Government about it until 7 February 2024 or disclose the value of the payment to Ministers until 6 June 2024. The Ombudsman determined recently that the ...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) contractors will undertake road rebuild and subsidence repair works at two locations on State Highway 12 at Matakohe, beginning next week.

From Monday 7 April to Thursday 17 April, SH12 will be closed 24/7 between Matakohe West Road and Old Racecourse Road. During this time, westbound traffic will be detoured from SH12 onto Old Racecourse Road, then Matakohe East/West Road, before rejoining SH12. Eastbound traffic will take the same detour, in reverse.

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Rail Minister Winston Peters has announced the plan for two new rail ferries to enter service in 2029, continuing the 60-year legacy of the Interislander connecting New Zealanders and their goods.

Cabinet today agreed the package which Mr Peters says will deliver the appropriate ships and infrastructure for the job at a significant saving for the taxpayer.

“Our solution will be markedly cheaper than the cancelled $3.1 billion programme and the $4 billion warning the previous Government received. That’s because of...