NZTD News

UD Truck Distributors NZ Ltd (UD Trucks) announces that a new Condor range of medium duty trucks will be available in New Zealand from early 2026, with the order book open from Q3 2025. 

The new Condor range is a major step forward in the medium duty sector for UD featuring advanced safety features, a powerful yet efficient new drive line and a class leading cab layout.

In the year of UD’s 90th anniversary, this new range stays true to company’s original vision – to build trucks that the world needs today. &...

Train commuters and businesses moving goods around the country will see more reliable rail services, thanks to the Government’s investment of $604.6 million for rail upgrades and renewals through Budget 2025, Rail Minister Winston Peters and Transport Minister Chris Bishop say. 

“The funding provides $461 million to maintain and renew the rail freight network, and $143.6 million to replace and upgrade the Auckland and Wellington metropolitan rail networks, and will deliver a more productive, efficient and reliable...

Ahead of Australian Made Week, Volvo Group Australia (Volvo) today marks a pivotal moment for Australian manufacturing, announcing it will build the first-ever Australian-made heavy duty electric trucks at the company’s Wacol facility in Brisbane next year.

This coincides with Volvo's delivery of ten heavy duty electric trucks to leading logistics company, Linfox, which represents the biggest single delivery of Australia's largest order for 30 Heavy Duty electric trucks. 

 Ten of the electric trucks in ...

Kenworth dialled up some new number designation numbers for its display at the 2025 Brisbane Truck Show which opened yesterday.

Regarded as the largest heavy commercial vehicle expo in the Southern Hemisphere – the biennial show is expected to attract more than 40,000 attendees during its run through till Sunday at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The Kenworth press briefing on Thursday morning revealed five model updates – the 15-litre Cummins-powered T620 and T620 SAR duo along with 13-litre PACCA...

This week James Smith, NRC GM of Policy & Advocacy and I appeared at the Transport & Infrastructure Select Committee to discuss our submission on ‘Time of Use Charging’.

Time of use charging is jargon for congestion charging, where vehicles are charged a fee to use a transport network or enter a cordoned area at peak times. It is designed to ease congestion by driving behavioural changes where people opt to use public transport or take the discretionary trip at a different time of day.

Congestion needs to be tack...

In the face of global economic uncertainty and unprecedented trade volatility, I know that Transporting New Zealand needs to be delivering for our members, and the wider industry.

If we can move freight smarter, and more efficiently, then our industry, and our members, can play a key role in the productivity of the nation.

The key to unlocking that opportunity is our policy and advocacy work.

While there’s a lot more to do, from our work over the last 12 months we are starting to see a shift in how regulato...