News & updates

Use of higher productivity heavy vehicles is increasing, with more road freight firms operating larger, higher capacity truck combinations safely and efficiently. Transporting New Zealand has taken a look at the data to see how the road freight task is changing, and how regulators should be responding.

The unseasonal stormy weather has closed parts of three State Highways in the upper half of the North Island.

The impact of bad weather on transport was covered extensively in the media this week, with large slips cutting off Waioweka Gorge being one example.

From the start of this year, the penalties incurred by newly imported light vehicles under the CCS have been substantially cut.

NZTA have advised that State Highway 2 through the Waioweka Gorge will likely remain closed for several weeks, following extensive damage from severe rainfall and multiple large slips.

Business confidence is on the up, with NZIER reporting the highest optimism since 2014 as lower interest rates fuel recovery.