The Road Ahead Conference held at the end of September was not only the first conference for our members since 2019 but also marked the one-year anniversary of the merger of RTANZ into the Road Transport Forum to form Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand. 

Unfortunately, National Road Carriers and the NZ Trucking Association (OCANZ) decided that the desire to form one management structure to advocate on behalf of the industry was not for them and went in their own direction. Despite this there has been considerable progress in the past year to rationalise and make better use of our resources and provide better advocacy and support for our members.

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