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In Response to Government’s Commitment to Apprenticeship Boost, the Motor Trade Association Urges a Reevaluation of Industry Training Funding.

The Motor Trade Association (MTA) has welcomed the government’s recent announcement to extend the Apprenticeship Boost scheme for key sectors, including the automotive industry, but is calling for a more substantial debate about how industry training is funded, emphasising the need for increased support for employers.

MTA Chief Executive Lee Marshall expressed gratitude fo...

Another major step forward towards economic recovery was taken this week, with the Official Cash Rate reducing another 50 basis points. This follows last week’s positive news where we saw business leader optimism hit the highest point since 2016 (NZ Herald) and the ANZ survey showing business confidence has risen another 10 points in September, on top of the highest level in a decade in August. These are important green shoots. Confidence is everything in business, planning begins again, and spending follows. Spending and increasing cash ...

The list of 149 projects to be included in the Government’s one-stop-shop Fast Track Approvals Bill is balanced and achievable, says National Road Carriers Association (NRC). 

“There is a strong emphasis on road and rail developments that will enable productivity to get the country moving again,” says NRC GM Policy & Advocacy James Smith. 

“NRC supports a balance of road and rail, and fast-tracking projects will quickly establish those that can be delivered first. For example, the Avondale to Southdown ...

Arthur’s Pass travellers need to build in a four-hour highway closure this coming Monday while a crane lifts a digger off the Otira Gorge Rock Shelter roof.

The digger has been removing accumulated rockfall over the past four weeks following rockfall onto the SH73 traffic lane, a key route between Canterbury and the West Coast.

The digger retrieval will happen on Monday between 10 am and 2 pm, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).

The Lewis Pass, SH7, via Waipara and Reefton, is the alternative, long...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) has commenced one of the most significant road rebuild programmes in Te Tai Tokerau Northland over the next three years, as part of its annual summer renewal programme.

This summer period, which runs from September through until May, you’ll notice NZTA busy around the Northland state highway network resealing, resurfacing and rebuilding sites across the region to ensure people can get to where they want, quickly and safely. 

Jacqui Hori-Hoult Regional Manager Maintenanc...

The Government is taking further action to tackle the unacceptable wait times facing people trying to sit their driver licence test by temporarily extending the amount of time people can drive on overseas licences from 12 months to 18 months, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.

“The previous government removed fees for re-sits of theory and practical tests which led to a huge demand on driver testing officers and unacceptable wait times. People applying to sit their licence tests were left waiting for more than 60 da...