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Drugs and truck safety
News | Transporting New Zealand
Freight operators must prepare for the roadside drug testing that is planned to roll out late 2025/early 2026. Saliva testing will be able to detect up to 25 recreational and prescription drugs that impair driving.

We need to re-learn how to handle risk, and lift productivity
News | Transporting New Zealand
The world has suddenly changed, says economist Cam Bagrie. New Zealand has to change and invest in itself if it is to keep up.

Roads vs rain
News | Transporting New Zealand
Dr Bryan Pidwerbesky knows quite a lot about roads, how to build them, and how to protect them.

Learning the ways of the EV
News | Transporting New Zealand
Wellington’s Yates Freight has been trialling the FUSO eCanter electric truck on their NZ Post runs.

All the best in the industry
News | Transporting New Zealand
The 2025 Transporting New Zealand South Island Seminar Industry Awards were a chance to let our industry stars shine.

Freight companies need flexibility to end unworkable employment relationships
News, Press releases | Transporting New Zealand
Freight companies need flexibility to end unworkable employment relationships Transporting New Zealand is backing a proposed law change that could make it easier for freight companies to part ways with unsafe drivers. If enacted, the Employment Relations (Termination of Employment by Agreement) Amendment would enable employers to initiate protected conversations for the purpose of ending…
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