NZTD News

Celebrating achievement and sucess

Last week’s highlight was attending the NZ Road Transport Hall of Fame event at Bill Richardson Transport World in Invercargill. Thanks to HWR and particularly Shona, Joc and their team for another wonderful event that is firmly ensconced as one of, if not, the premier transport event of the year.  

Congratulations to the inductees: Wayne “Ox” McEwen (posthumous), Edwin Mansell, Geoffrey “Marty” Greaves, Cornelius van Opzeeland (posthumous), Gordon Soper an...

Last week I had the pleasure of joining freight forwarders and NRC members at the annual Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federation (CBAFF) conference in Christchurch. With exports and imports both up there was an upbeat mood in the room, and genuine optimism over the recent capacity announcements from the Ports of Lyttleton and Tauranga – a vote of confidence on our future growth.

Lyttelton Port Company has committed $821 million to a new deepwater wharf and container terminal at Te Awaparahi Bay, lifting capac...

Operating surplus was $162 million, ahead of the published target of $160 million. 

Total freight volumes 3.5bn net tonne kilometres. Completion of significant capital projects with a value of more than $1.1 billion 

KiwiRail’s FY26 results show strong momentum and progress on its customer-led strategic reset plan. The operating surplus was $162 million, ahead of the published target of $160 million. Freight revenue increased by 11 per cent to $504.4 million, supported by approximately 3 per cent growth...

Taranaki’s Forgotten World Highway and Surf Highway will receive government funding to replace two essential culverts to strengthen the region’s transport links and economic resilience, Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Transport Minister Chris Bishop say. 

A total of $7.5 million from the Regional Infrastructure Fund will go to fixing the Toko Stream Tributary Culvert on SH43 (Forgotten World Highway) and Whenuariki Stream Culvert on SH45 (Surf Highway).

Mr Jones says the investment, of $2.5m fo...

The signing of the contract to strengthen the SH50 Ngaruroro River Bridge, known locally as Fernhill Bridge, marks a major milestone for Hawke’s Bay businesses and freight operators. 

Transporting New Zealand Membership Manager Lindsay Calvi-Freeman says the signed contract brings welcome certainty after years of restrictions, detours and extra costs for the region. 

“Transporting New Zealand has pushed for a solution to Fernhill Bridge for several years. We put hard numbers around what the restrictions...

Road freight association Transporting New Zealand is warning that continued volatility in the global fuel market highlights the importance of New Zealand having resilient fuel reserves in the event of supply disruptions.

“Diesel prices have risen over 50 cents per litre in the past month, back to over $3 a litre for the first time since early June,” says Transporting New Zealand Policy and Advocacy Advisor Mark Stockdale.

“We’re not out of the woods yet, with higher commodity prices reflecting continued tensions ...