News & updates

Amongst the plethora of consultations on changes to vehicle rules announced by NZTA at the end of October, were also plans to change light vehicle inspections.

Just two weeks after the North Island Road Freight Seminar and Industry Awards, we held a Road Freight Decarbonisation Update to share how the sector has been pursuing emissions reduction and what different pathways towards decarbonisation look like.

Transporting New Zealand says that getting higher capacity trucks on the road is essential to boosting freight productivity, as the Government opens consultation on simplifying heavy vehicle permitting.

We’ve probably all seen the media attention around the number of businesses being liquidated at the moment. The transport industry, and road freight in particular, appear to have seen large rises in liquidations. Often it’s Inland Revenue that initiate these.

We’re excited to announce that our industry magazine Transporting News is getting an update, starting in December.

Transporting New Zealand has welcomed Government moves to tighten transport service license (TSL) rules, but is urging Parliament to go further to raise industry standards, including stopping suspended operators setting up phoenix companies to dodge regulators.