Friday blog

It’s always nice to be able to say “good job” to the truckies on the Remutaka Hill.

: It’s great to see someone talking honestly about the state of the roads, but the planning around a playground in a tiny town down south…

This National Land Transport Programme is designed around the must-haves, and the nice-to-haves might have to wait till things are fixed.…

It’s been a week of talking with all kinds of groups to try and make things work better for our sector.

The idea that trucks should be exempted from congestion charging is based on the reality that road freight is an essential industry with…

We’re fully behind the Transport Minister's plan to bring in laws to allow congestion charges. Freight transport is a vital part of our…

There are enough pressures on transport operators without crazy clauses being introduced to contracts, or having regulators that seem to be…

A few wins at the Olympics, and some positive things happening in the industry, all makes for a pretty good week!

It’s amazing what a bit of consultation can achieve for the sector. And there’s plenty of that going on at the moment.

The current economic indicators are rather grim. This could lead to some customers not wanting to pay for the higher levels of service that…