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The new voice, which speaks English with a Kiwi accent while accurately pronouncing indigenous place names, makes navigation feel genuinely local for New Zealanders. 

Beneath every place name in Aotearoa New Zealand lies a hidden map of history and culture that connects us to our unique country. To recognise this history, we developed a new voice for Google Maps users in New Zealand that can pronounce the indigenous names of cities and towns. Thanks to advances in AI, the new voice, which starts rolling out today,...

The Government has approved up to $22.4 million in funding to support the rail component of Te Utanganui - a major new freight hub in Palmerston North, Rail Minister Winston Peters and Regional Development Minister Shane Jones say.

Te Utanganui is an intermodal distribution hub in the lower North Island that links rail, road, air and sea. The Regional Infrastructure Fund (RIF) loan will support pre-construction and construction stages of the Bunnythorpe Regional Freight Hub, one of three projects in the wider Te Utanga...

The Government is fixing the basics by taking another step to end New Zealand's overuse of road cones, with councils from today required to adopt a common-sense, risk-based approach to temporary traffic management, Transport Minister Chris Bishop says. 

Local roads are owned and maintained by councils, but the Government invests more than $1 billion each year in council transport projects through the National Land Transport Fund. 

“Too many councils still require contractors working on local roads to fo...

Fatal road crashes where fatigue was a contributing factor have declined steadily over the last four years.

That is one of the findings from Transporting New Zealand’s Fatigue Management: Road Freight Update, launched today at the association’s 60th Anniversary Conference at Parliament, with the support of AutoSense, an industry leader in fleet and driver safety solutions across Australasia.

The Update examines fatigue trends, highlights practical initiatives being used by trucking operators, and identifies prior...

Seven exceptional contributions to Aotearoa’s road freight sector were honoured at Transporting Zealand’s industry awards ceremony in the capital on Friday night.

An independent judging panel had chosen winners from over 30 nominations, consisting of individuals and organisations who have gone to great efforts to improve industry standards, workplace environments, and public perception of the transport sector.

More than 200 people braved Wellington’s stormy weather to attend the Awards Dinner at Parliament’s Banq...

Zenobē, a leading fleet electrification and battery storage specialist, has today announced it has closed a landmark financing platform designed to accelerate the transition to zero-emission transport across Australia and New Zealand. 

The debt facility, which is backed by a syndicate of global banks, will support major public transport networks and commercial fleets to access Zenobē’s market–leading electrification offering.

The announcement marks the first integrated, multi-site heavy vehicle fleet electri...