NZTD News

Released on the 25th of June 2025 the Draft National Infrastructure Plan provides a warts and all summary of the current state of our infrastructure along with nineteen recommendations to address the shortfalls.

Firstly, what is New Zealand doing well. We rank near the top of the OECD for Infrastructure spend as a percentage of GDP, spending 5.8% or around $4,500 per person per year on building and maintaining infrastructure.

Unfortunately, that seems to be the only thing we’re getting right — the remaining 164 p...

Yesterday NZTA announced that funding is confirmed to build a new deck on the Pekatahi Bridge in the Bay of Plenty. All going well construction is expected to start early in 2026.

This was something we advocated for quite vigorously last week following NZTA’s advice that the NLTP budget had been over-subscribed and that this bridge did not rate as highly as other similar bridges. That meant travellers and transport operators were just going to have to put up with the ongoing, temporary repairs on an important part of S...

New Zealand's burgeoning hydrogen industry is set for a major celebration with the announcement of 19 finalists for the Aotearoa Hydrogen Awards 2025. The awards aim to honour the exceptional achievements of organizations and individuals who are pioneering hydrogen's role in the nation's low-emissions future.From a competitive pool of 46 nominations, the finalists represent the pinnacle of innovation, leadership, and commitment across industry, government, and academia.

The awards are a key initiative to showcase and e...

In a landmark move set to reshape the commercial vehicle landscape, industry leaders Daimler Truck and Volvo Group have officially launched Coretura AB, a joint venture headquartered in Gothenburg. Commencing operations in early June 2025, Coretura's mission is to develop a common software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform, aiming to establish a new industry standard and accelerate the digital transformation of trucks and buses.

The venture is a strategic pivot towards software as the central nervous system of future comm...

The positive impact of the Government’s Infrastructure Investment Summit earlier this year is beginning to show, following the shortlisting of three consortia for the Warkworth to Te Hana section of the Northland Expressway, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chris Bishop says. 

“The Investment Summit, which took place in Auckland in March 2025, attracted international and local companies which collectively manage over $6 trillion in capital,” Mr Bishop says.

“Ministers’ presentations at the Summit left t...

A groundbreaking, New Zealand-developed electric pumping system is set to transform milk tanker operations, promising dramatic fuel savings, reduced emissions, and significant operational efficiencies for the dairy transport sector.

Developed by Canterbury-based innovator Jeff Naish and his company Newspec, the "Motiva" system is a battery-electric power take-off (PTO) unit that eliminates the need for milk tankers to keep their engines idling during milk collection. This seemingly simple change tackles a major "hidden...