NZTD News
Shoring Up The Resilience Of Auckland’s State Highway Network
Posted on 25-Jun-2026
Auckland’s state highway network has undergone a significant programme of maintenance and renewal over the summer and autumn, with Auckland System Management (ASM) crews delivering approximately 120 lane kilometres of pavement renewals, alongside a broad programme of maintenance and operational improvements across the network.
ASM partners with NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) to operate, manage and maintain the state highway and motorway network across the Auckland region.
“Despite some challenging w...
.. Read MoreSmoother, safer roads delivered
Posted on 25-Jun-2026
The Government’s focus on improving roads across the country continues, with the successful completion of the 2025–26 state highway renewal programme, Transport Minister Chris Bishop has confirmed.
“We are focused on ensuring government agencies are better at looking after the infrastructure assets we already have, to ensure New Zealanders get the most from their public infrastructure,” Mr Bishop says.
“That’s why we’ve invested in road maintenance and renewals through the State Highway Pothole Prevention Fund, w...
.. Read MoreSpotlight on superb skills in the transport sector
Posted on 25-Jun-2026
Transporting New Zealand’s Road Freight Industry Awards are coming up on the final Friday of June, recognising a lot of hard yakka in the sector. Over 200 representatives from numerous transport businesses across the motu will gather to celebrate excellence in the realms of safety, innovation, inclusion, training and more. The sheer amount and quality of the nominations have highly impressed the independent judging panel and made their decisions very difficult.
Emerging Leader - A brand new award category this ...
.. Read MoreWithdrawal Of MV Moana Chief Erases Last New Zealand Flagged Container Ship From Our Coast
Posted on 25-Jun-2026
The Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) says the planned withdrawal of the container vessel MV Moana Chief from domestic coastal services represents a catastrophic milestone for the country’s economic resilience.
The MV Moana Chief, operated under the Pacifica Shipping brand by the multinational Swire Group, is the final remaining domestic container ship on the New Zealand coast to fly the New Zealand flag and employ a local maritime workforce.
Maritime Union of New Zealand National Secretary Carl Fi...
.. Read MoreIndex shows unprecedented transport cost increases
Posted on 19-Jun-2026
Transport cost index demonstrates unprecedented impact of fuel pricing
We recently released our Grant Thornton Transport Cost Index for the March quarter and that includes forecasting for the following quarter. The magnitude of the rise forecast is unprecedented in the Index’s history and demonstrates the downstream impact of the geopolitical tension in the Strait of Hormuz on transport.
While there seems to have been some cooling in the pricing of crude and refined products landing...
.. Read MorePoliticians Leave the Football to the World Cup Players
Posted on 19-Jun-2026
Quietly this week, amongst news of peace deals and World Cup matches, a significant piece of news may have slipped your notice. The Government has accepted all 16 recommendations of the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP), a 30-year blueprint for overhauling how New Zealand plans, funds, and delivers infrastructure. But what made it truly remarkable wasn’t the plan itself. It was that Labour and the Greens both wrote forewords to the Government’s response. In Wellington, that passes for a miracle.
After decades of under...
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