News & updates

This week’s replacement ferry announcement was underwhelming. We really expected much more progress to have been made in terms of procurement of the vessels and detail on the vital portside infrastructure. The Friday Blog is here.

National road freight association Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand says the upcoming decision about replacement Cook Strait ferries will provide welcome certainty for the freight sector. The Government has confirmed that the public can expect an announcement on replacement ferries to be made by next Wednesday, nearly a year on from the cancellation of…

A recent poll from The Post/Freshwater Strategy has shown mixed public feelings on road tolling, with 49 percent of people preferring taxpayer funding over privately funded road projects (41 percent). This split isn’t surprising - nobody enjoys paying a toll. Quite reasonably, many motorists who are already paying Fuel Excise Duty or Road User Charges…

There’s a lot to be done to update NZ Inc. The good news is that the process is getting underway.

Nobody is saying no to building concrete roads in New Zealand. What a road is made of depends on the whole-of-life cost, safety, the environment and the expertise of the suppliers.

Safety policies and systems need to be working end-to-end and be effective at managing the risk, otherwise business owners as PCBU’s are likely in breach of health and safety legislation.