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Reshaping Streets Proposal Would Disrupt Vital Freight Supply
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 5:35 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
"It’s like they forget freight movement on roads even exists." That’s the response from Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand on proposals outlined in a plan by Waka Kotahi called Reshaping Streets. The trucking industry organisation ... More >>
Sharp Spike In Costs May Hurt Transport Operators And Consumers, Industry Body Warns
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 9:14 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Road transport business costs have risen almost four times higher than the general inflation rate in the last quarter - an unprecedented rise - and it’s likely to get worse, according to the latest cost index information produced for the road transport ... More >>
More Change Inevitable For Road Transport Sector, Conference Told
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:22 pm | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Change is coming to the road transport sector, and it will have a big impact on both business and the New Zealand economy in the coming decade. That was the clear message for delegates at The Road Ahead conference, organised by Transporting New ... More >>
Trucking Industry Faces Ongoing COVID-19 Wellbeing Challenges
Monday, 26 September 2022, 6:55 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted the work-life and wellbeing of 60 per cent of trucking company owners, who are experiencing increased levels of stress and anxiety, financial pressure, and fatigue and tiredness. About 60 per cent of ... More >>
Driving Change Diversity Programme Welcomes 2022 Nominated Diversity Champions
Monday, 8 August 2022, 11:41 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Ia Ara Transporting New Zealand announces the inaugural group of diversity champions who will take part in Te ara ki tua Road to success Driving Change Diversity Programme. The 11 nominees from within the industry come from diverse backgrounds and work in ... More >>
Industry Overwhelmingly Backs Road User Charge Discount Extension
Monday, 18 July 2022, 8:57 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Road transport peak body Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand has reacted very positively to the Government’s announcement that it is extending the discount to road user charges (RUC) until January 2023. Transporting New Zealand’s recent operator ... More >>
Government Should Stick To Its Knitting Around Supply Chain
Monday, 13 June 2022, 5:50 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
The Government is right to examine New Zealand’s tenuous supply chain, but it should not seek to intervene in it beyond being a regulator and infrastructure provider, says the peak body of the road transport industry, Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New ... More >>
Keep Road User Charges Simple, Says Transporting New Zealand
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 9:57 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Using road user charges (RUC) to collect more funds for the Government’s climate change agenda is barking up the wrong tree, says Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand chief executive Nick Leggett. "In our submission on the RUC review, ... More >>
Sigh Of Relief On TG Announcement
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 12:12 pm | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
You will hear a collective sigh of relief across the Wellington region and from all New Zealand’s truck drivers at the news today that Transmission Gully (TG) will finally open before the end of this month, says Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting ... More >>
SOS Goes Out To Truck Drivers
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 11:19 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
An SOS - save our supply chain - call is going out to truck drivers today to get them back behind the wheel as New Zealand battles staff shortages, says Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand chief executive Nick Leggett. "Today we have launched ... More >>
Roadside Drug Testing A Win For Safety
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 6:22 pm | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Today’s passing in Parliament of the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill is a win for road safety, says Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand chief executive Nick Leggett. "We have supported this law since 2019 when it was first proposed ... More >>
Report Lays Down The Facts - Road Trumps Rail
Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 7:07 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
A report released today - Road and rail - delivering for New Zealand - produces evidence to counter the ideology that rail can be a serious competitor to road freight in New Zealand, Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand (Transporting New Zealand) ... More >>
Calling All Truck Drivers - We Need You
Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 2:34 pm | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
The trucking industry is calling for all hands to the pump as New Zealand faces an indefinite length of time in the red "traffic light" which will strain the supply chain, says Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand chief executive Nick ... More >>
Rushed Covid Laws Lack Accountability
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 10:26 am | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
The lack of transparency and accountability the Government is operating under as New Zealand responds to Covid-19 cannot continue, says Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand (Transporting New Zealand) chief executive Nick Leggett. Transporting ... More >>
Change In Structure Announced
Friday, 1 October 2021, 3:00 pm | la Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand (Transporting New Zealand) has today announced changes to its structure. Transporting New Zealand chief executive Nick Leggett says the regional associations National Road Carriers (NRC), based in Auckland, and NZ ... More >>
