NZTD News

New Zealand continues to be a global leader in supporting international seafarers, with nearly $1 million in welfare funding confirmed for 12 of the country’s ports.

Associate Transport Minister James Meager announced the Maritime NZ grants, while opening the new South Canterbury Seafarers Welfare Centre in Timaru.

“99 percent of New Zealand’s imports and exports are transported via sea, so it’s critical for our economy that we are a country which treats international seafarers fairly, and ensures their rights ar...

Combined funding of nearly $1.2 billion will see the Government’s Roads of National Significance programme move to the next phase of development, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says. 

“The Government is committed to building a long-term pipeline of transport infrastructure investments to redress New Zealand’s infrastructure deficit and build jobs and growth for Kiwis,” Mr Bishop says.

“Our Roads of National Significance (RoNS) programme is a vital part of this pipeline, and I’m pleased to see good progress ...

The new Volvo FH16 for HEB Construction has been named Nightcrawler after the character from the X-Men series.

The impressive new blue and yellow heavy haul unit features on the cover of November’s New Zealand Truck & Driver magazine and our Giti Tyres Big Test puts the Volvo to work on a 94t assignment.

There’s also a Swedish theme to the November Fleet Focus as we take a look into the huge fleet renewal programme at Fern Energy. Careful planning and a finely tuned build schedule saw Fern Energy working...

National Road Carriers Association (NRC) is pleased to see rapid progress is being made on bringing all the projects listed in the Roads of National Significance (RoNS) closer to construction start.

Minister of Transport Chris Bishop has today announced the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) Board has endorsed investment cases for all of the RoNS, with the most recent endorsements including Sections 2 and 3 of the Northland Expressway, the East West Link, Hamilton Southern Links, Petone to Grenada and Cross Valley Link, SH1 We...

Heavy vehicle drivers, keep an eye out for the NZI Truckie Rest Zone in Glasnevin on Wed 29 Oct.

Pull your rig in, enjoy some complimentary refreshments, get a health check, and have a chat to our NZI Fleet Fit experts about driver fatigue and ways to keep yourself safe and well.

Held with support from the NZ Police Commercial Vehicle Safety Team and Hato Hone St John. Big shout out to Fern Energy for providing their awesome BBQ!

Fatigue is a major cause of road accidents, and we want to support drivers to ...

New Zealand's roads are under closer watch than ever with the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) sophisticated network of mobile safety cameras. In fact, NZTA's static cameras issued a staggering 79,364 infringement notices, totaling $4.78 million in fines, in just two months between July 1 and August 31. 

This new wave of enforcement comes in the form of mobile safety cameras housed in unmarked SUVs and trailers, designed to provide a nationwide, general deterrence to speeding. Operating under an "anytime, an...