NZTD News

TR Group Expands Hydrogen Truck Range, Accelerating Clean Transport Solutions Today, TR Group launches its hydrogen 50-tonne prime mover with a customer event at Hampton Downs Racetrack, produced in partnership with Global Bus Ventures (GBV), K1W1 and Toyota New Zealand. 

This truck offers a practical zero-emissions solution for heavy freight transport and can operate with conventional trailers and loads. It has comparable refuelling times with diesel and will align with normal operator driving hours and schedules...

Ending the week on good news, or "good news Friday" as it is known in some workplaces is a welcome way to finish up a productive week.

And the good news is that the New Zealand economy is no longer in technical recession, and in fact has had more than twice as much growth as expected over the last quarter.

Stats New Zealand announced yesterday that in the December quarter our productivity grew by 0.7% - more than double the 0.3% growth expected, and turning around from a 1.1% loss in the September quarter.

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It’s been a week of economic positivity!

Following on from BusinessNZ’s news last week that New Zealand’s manufacturing sector had its highest value for expansion since August 2022, we had more positive news with a rise in GDP.

The seasonally adjusted Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) for February was 53.9 (above 50.0 indicates that manufacturing is expanding; below 50.0 means it’s declining). This was up from 51.7 in January and the highest level of expansion since August 2022. The February result is also...

The Government is exploring toll concessions as a tool for delivering important new roads faster and more efficiently, with an initial focus on six potential opportunities, Minister of Transport Chris Bishop says.

“This Government is committed to investing in high-quality transport infrastructure to grow the economy and help get Kiwis to where they want to go quickly and safely. We are exploring a range of tools – such as toll road concessions – to help achieve this,” Mr Bishop says.

“New Zealand already has thre...

The star of the show in the April 2025 issue of New Zealand Truck & Driver is the new generation Western Star X-Series.

We visit sunny Hawke’s Bay for the Giti Tyres Big Test showcasing the Berkett Earthmovers Western Star 48X. It’s the first of the boldly-styled new X-Series models to go to work in a Kiwi fleet and is busy hauling rock and aggregate to around the Bay.

Our April Fleet Focus is on the busy city streets of Auckland with a visit to 104-year-old A.J. Tutill & Sons Carrier...

How policy can prevent the next tragedy. When a driver sent 45 Snapchat messages from behind the wheel of their truck before ploughing the 30-tonne truck and trailer unit into a stationery ute last year, the driver of the ute was killed. New Zealand vehicle safety and training experts AutoSense says the tragedy underscores the importance for businesses to have safeguards in place to protect their workforce from more preventable harm on our roads. 

The safety business has installed almost 6,000 AI-powered Guardian ...