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The Drug Detection Agency (TDDA), New Zealand’s largest workplace drug testing provider, has released its Imperans Q2 2025 workplace drug findings. The data show New Zealand’s workplaces are seeing a rapid increase in opioid use, especially tramadol, and amphetamine-type substances (ATS) are driving regional spikes in positive tests.

The Imperans Report provides New Zealand employers with an analysis of drug usage trends, evolving risks, and aggregated national testing results. It empowers businesses to manage workplac...

As part of the Government’s drive to cut down on excessive use of road cones – and reducing the eye-watering cost of temporary traffic management – councils will soon be forced to use a commonsense approach to risk assessment before receiving government funding, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says. 

“New Zealanders have become increasingly irritated by the too-frequently over-the-top use of road cones and costly temporary traffic management around roadworks,” Mr Bishop says.

“This approach causes drivers un...

Waikato Regional Council is taking a road safety message to hundreds of fleet managers who are gathering for the EROAD Fleet Day at Mystery Creek.

The annual one-day event is billed as the country’s largest fleet management conference, with this year over 1500 tickets sold with 15-plus speakers and over 70 exhibitors.

Among a range of speakers, Waikato Regional Council Manager of Transport Policy and Programmes, Bryan Sherritt, will talk about the ‘Safe System’ approach to road safety and fleet management and tak...

Over the last 15 years or so, High Productivity Motor Vehicles (HPMVs) have become more visible on New Zealand roads. They are heavier, longer, and - surprisingly for some - more efficient, safer, and greener.

HPMV’s increased freight capacity reduces the number of required vehicle trips, resulting in emission reductions, reduced congestion, and reduced accident risk ( Report to the Ministry of Transport, 2015).

HPMVs also pay significantly higher rates of Road User Charges than other heavy vehicles, based on the...

National road freight association Transporting New Zealand is welcoming a dramatic fall in temporary traffic management spending and excessive road cone use.

This is as the Minister of Transport shared data showing over a quarter of inspections found temporary traffic management on local roads was "completely redundant".

The Minister of Transport recently announced that the cost of managing traffic on state highway maintenance projects has fallen from 15.8 per cent to 8.8 per cent, while state highway capital pro...

Confirmation that work should start on $6 billion dollars of infrastructure projects before Christmas is great news for the transport industry.

The projects are spread across New Zealand and all will require transport operators to work directly, in the case of the roading projects, and to deliver the materials needed to build the construction projects.

This combined with continued strength in the rural sector, growing signs of optimism manufacturing and retail sectors, mean there is a strong likelihood the final ...