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Road surfacing and wire rope barrier maintenance will be taking place Sunday to Thursday nights on State Highway 1 (SH1) between Dragway Road and Te Kauwhata from mid-January to mid-February, which means lane restrictions or detours for road users. 

Full programme of works:

Sunday 18 to Tuesday 20 January: Full southbound closure 9pm – 5am between Dragway Road and Hampton Downs. Traffic will still be able to travel south using one of the northbound lanes. Please slow down and follow traffic management instru...

Physical works on the Waitohi Ferry Redevelopment Project are now underway, with demolition of the old Vehicle Access Bridge commencing this week in Picton. The start of demolition marks a decisive transition from planning to delivery on one of New Zealand’s most significant pieces of national transport infrastructure and confirms Waitohi Picton as the long-term home of New Zealand’s inter-island ferry connection.

The Vehicle Access Bridge, a 250-metre concrete and steel structure that has served Cook Strait travellers...

NZTA has recently suspended the licences of commercial drivers who were either suspected of submitting fraudulent documents when converting their overseas licences or whose licences were converted to the incorrect class. 

It is providing a limited window of time for those drivers to re-sit the relevant tests.  

If drivers have committed fraudulent activities, then NZTA will follow due process and take the appropriate actions to address that. In my view, this is a good risk-based approach.  

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MITO is officially returning to industry ownership following confirmation from the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) that it has approved MITO’s transition to MITO Limited from 1 January 2026, via the Transport Industry Skills Board.

MITO has been a cornerstone of workforce development for over fifty years, supporting apprentices, learners, and employers across the automotive, commercial road transport, mining, quarrying, drilling, gas, and logistics sectors. Today’s announcement marks a major milestone—the Governmen...

As we approach Christmas, the usual ramp up in supply chain activity is well underway. Truck movements are up, ports are busy, the ferries are full…the seasonal bump is upon us.

Reaching the end of this year in particular has been a feat worth celebrating in itself.

At National Road Carriers we have seen first hand staying in business as a transport operator is not something to take for granted.

So if you find yourself still working hard delivering goods across our supply chain, stop for a moment and give y...

The economy does look like it is turning the corner after a rocky ride since last year’s sharp recession. The evidence of green shoots has been a bit more obvious in some areas lately. We expect growth will pick up to hit an above annual trend pace of 2.5+% growth over 2026 as better cashflows start to leak out of people’s wallets.

The main thing fuelling the recovery will be the low level of interest rates. Even though the RBNZ has stopped cutting interest rates now in our view, the impact will live on. The average mo...