NZTD News

In a landmark move set to reshape the commercial vehicle landscape, industry leaders Daimler Truck and Volvo Group have officially launched Coretura AB, a joint venture headquartered in Gothenburg. Commencing operations in early June 2025, Coretura's mission is to develop a common software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform, aiming to establish a new industry standard and accelerate the digital transformation of trucks and buses.

The venture is a strategic pivot towards software as the central nervous system of future comm...

The positive impact of the Government’s Infrastructure Investment Summit earlier this year is beginning to show, following the shortlisting of three consortia for the Warkworth to Te Hana section of the Northland Expressway, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chris Bishop says. 

“The Investment Summit, which took place in Auckland in March 2025, attracted international and local companies which collectively manage over $6 trillion in capital,” Mr Bishop says.

“Ministers’ presentations at the Summit left t...

A groundbreaking, New Zealand-developed electric pumping system is set to transform milk tanker operations, promising dramatic fuel savings, reduced emissions, and significant operational efficiencies for the dairy transport sector.

Developed by Canterbury-based innovator Jeff Naish and his company Newspec, the "Motiva" system is a battery-electric power take-off (PTO) unit that eliminates the need for milk tankers to keep their engines idling during milk collection. This seemingly simple change tackles a major "hidden...

A new chapter in New Zealand’s industrial evolution is unfolding in the South Island, with the integration of Australasia’s largest planned industrial development and an inland port expected to create a multibillion-dollar logistics and manufacturing network. The development is forecast to create thousands of jobs and catalyse regional economic growth.

Positioned on 513 hectares of industrial-zoned land in Invercargill, the Awarua Quadrant is a purpose-designed intermodal freight and renewable energy precinct. This vas...

The NZTA are starting a project to tidy up the data in the Transport Service Licence register. About 73% of the 146,000 licences in the register are inactive. Removing these licences from the register will help us focus on active licences and checking non-compliance such as someone using a licence that doesn’t belong to them.

All commercial transport services need a TSL to operate their business whether that’s delivering goods or carrying passengers. If all the vehicles listed on a TSL haven’t been used for at least 2 ...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) has announced the outcome of speed limit reviews recently completed on 16 ‘urban connector’ sections of state highway. 

The speed reviews were undertaken on 16 of 38 sections of state highway which were required to automatically reverse to previous higher speed limits under the Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024, but where NZTA received strong community and stakeholder feedback on a preference to retain the lower speeds.

After considering all of the safety, technical, co...