NZTD News

This week the NRC Transport & Logistics Advisory Group met with the Director of Land Transport, and General Manager of Regulation, Brent Alderton. This was our first meeting with Brent, who joined NZTA in September, the objective being to walk him through a state of the nation of the road freight industry, and what we think the key areas of focus need to be for the Director of Land Transport.

When we sat down to go through key issues, the first challenge was keeping the list short enough for a 90-minute meeting. NZTA a...

Hawke’s Bay leaders say they’ve received heartening information on the Budget 2024 investment and future intentions for local road recovery and are committed to working with central Government to develop deliverable and well-costed plans for ongoing work. 

Budget 2024 delivered $330 million for local road response and recovery work out to June 2025, to be shared among regions affected by the 2023 North Island weather events including Cyclone Gabrielle. 

Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst says it is good t...

Accelera by Cummins, Daimler Trucks & Buses US Holding LLC and PACCAR have completed the formation of their joint venture, now known as Amplify Cell Technologies, to localise battery cell production and the battery supply chain in the United States. This strategic collaboration will advance zero-emissions technology for electric commercial vehicles and industrial applications. Amplify will soon begin construction of a 21-gigawatt hour (GWh) factory in Marshall County, Miss., with potential for further expansion as demand gro...

Fieldays | 12-15 June 2024

Next week sees Fieldays ‘the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event’ taking place at Mystery Creek Hamilton.

The show itself promises to be its usual ‘ultimate launch platform for cutting edge technology and innovation’, however, with it comes lines of traffic and general roading bedlam.  

If you’re attending there’s something for everyone - from Fieldays Sustainability Hub, free health checks in the Fieldays Hauora Taiwhenua Health & Wellbeing Hub, Fieldays Forestr...

In case you missed it - Budget 2024 confirms a $2.68 billion investment in roads, rail, and public transport to unlock economic growth and enable Kiwis and freight to get to where they want to go quickly and safely, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.

“This funding includes a billion-dollar increase over that signalled during the consultation on the GPS on land transport. This funding has been secured to accelerate the delivery of priority projects including the Roads of National Significance.

“We want construc...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) has installed winter snow gates on either side of Porters Pass, one of the steepest and most elevated sections of SH73 linking the West Coast and Canterbury.

It is also a key part of SH73 for people getting to the Canterbury ski-fields and Castle Hill.

NZTA has operated winter snow gates successfully in several alpine locations in North and South Canterbury for many years, including Arthur’s Pass, Burkes Pass (SH8) and the Mt Cook/Aoraki highway (SH80).

“The gates are ...