Hastily drafted law with far reaching consequences, arrogantly passed with cursory consultation, will separate the vaccinated from the non-vaccinated for the years ahead.

As the roads clog up and the supply chain is stretched to the max, delaying delivery of goods, patience will be the catch-cry for summer.

A perfect storm is brewing that has us concerned about safety for truck drivers and the potential for carnage on the roads. It's time to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Are you going to have to be on Santa's nice list to leave Auckland this Christmas? The silly season has gone beyond silly as the Government moots suggestions for controlling Auckland's road borders.

The Government won't release New Zealand from its chains until 90 percent of the population across all District Health Boards are vaccinated. What does this mean for our industry?

The Government must come out and tell New Zealanders when the country will accept living with Covid-19 and open up as the rest of the world has.

Transporting New Zealand submitted on three pieces of law and policy this week and it is important that our industry is heard by Government.

It’s starting to feel like we are on a rudderless ship, drifting further and further away from the rest of the world.

We aren’t the only business sector asking for a plan.

In Britain this week we’ve watched mayhem at the petrol pumps as they ran out of fuel due to a shortage of truck drivers. Watch and learn New Zealand, this could be us before long. There are a number of lessons to learn from the situation in Britain.

Elimination as the strategy for fighting against Covid-19 came to an end in New Zealand this week.

It is true that you can’t please all the people, all the time. What has become difficult in this time of so many communications channels, is that the people you don’t please can come at you like an angry mob via email, text, phone call and social media.

Let’s be very clear – the road freight transport industry has no problem with Covid-19 testing to ensure we keep New Zealanders safe. We are one of the most compliant industries around and well used to operating in strict health and safety environments.