March is a big month for the road freight industry with the largest survey in a decade being held to find out what are the key issues for transport operators and all the industry players.
The 2025 National Road Freight Survey has been organised by national road freight organisation Transporting New Zealand.
CEO Dom Kalasih says the online survey, which is being run by independent surveying firm Research New Zealand, is designed to help all parts of the industry share their priorities with policy makers and regulators.
“There are over 30,000 people working in the road freight sector across more than 5,000 business entities, carrying 93 percent of the national freight task,” Kalasih says.
“We want to get a clearer picture of what their leading concerns are, what opportunities they see for improvement, and what might be lesser priorities.”
“There are plenty of big issues in the industry such as staff shortages, operating conditions, tolling and congestion charging, the Cook Strait ferries and road policing to name a few.”
“If it is important to the people in the industry, we want to hear about it.”
Some of the other groups supporting the survey are the New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association and Groundspread NZ.
Jonathan Bhana-Thomson, the CEO of Heavy Haulage, says it is a great initiative for the industry and he’s sure the industry will provide plenty of great responses.
The survey is to get feedback from transport companies, no matter their size, or whether they are member of an industry association or not.
Rose Hyslop, the Executive Officer for Groundspread NZ, is also right behind the survey. She is looking forward to seeing the results which will be shared with all the groups that make up the transport and freight sectors.
Kalasih says that Research NZ has kept the survey short, multi-choice and accessible, with the option to provide more in-depth answers if they have more detailed feedback.
“We’ve also thrown in a $500 travel voucher from the House of Travel for one lucky person to win. Just as a bit of a sweetener.”
The survey runs till March 28.
The survey is at:
https://survey.researchnz.com/S2/1/RoadFreight/
About Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand is the peak national membership association representing the road freight transport industry. Our members operate urban, rural and inter- regional commercial freight transport services throughout the country.
Road is the dominant freight mode in New Zealand, transporting 92.8% of the freight task on a tonnage basis, and 75.1% on a tonne-km basis. The road freight transport industry employs over 34,000 people across more than 4700 businesses, with an annual turnover of $6 billion.
For further information, contact Dom Kalasih, chief executive, Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand, 027 441 4309.
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Billy Clemens, Policy and Advocacy Lead, Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand. 027 304 1877
