Transporting NZ
Dom Kalasih: Listening and responding to members’ concerns
Ultimately our team of 14 staff is tasked with delivering a strategy that has been approved by Transporting New Zealand’s board. The board has five members, comprising four regional associations plus an owner driver representative. Therefore members, via the associations, contribute to and approve our organisational strategy.
Govt U-turn on transport must be permanent: Transporting NZ
Nick Leggett Road freight body Transporting New Zealand is welcoming the Government’s U-turn on its transport priorities but is urging for a rethink on long-term planning…
Nick Leggett: <strong>Cyclone’s impact will hit supply chain hard</strong>
Nick Leggett The full extent of Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact is still being assessed – and it will take time for the whole picture to emerge –…
<strong>Transporting NZ calls for urgent business and wages support </strong>
NZ Defence Force personnel have been delivering emergency supplies in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo: NZ Defence Force. Road transport body Transporting New Zealand is calling…
Nick Leggett: Continuation of transport support package a big win
Nick Leggett The Government’s announcement this week that it will extend the transport support package, including the 36% RUC discount, through to June 30 this year…
Transport industry applauds fuel discount extension
New prime minister Chris Hipkins announces the extension with transport minister Michael Wood and finance minister Grant Robertson. Fuel relief measures are being reinstated until the…
‘Prioritise fixing our roads’ – industry’s message to incoming PM
Incoming prime minister Chris Hipkins is indicating he’s going to focus on the big issues business is facing – and that’s a message being welcomed by…
Road freight price crunch looming, industry warns
Businesses and consumers should prepare for increased transport costs as road user charge (RUC) increases and Russian diesel sanctions take effect next month, says national road…
Transport industry seeks ‘urgent clarification’ around RUC discount period
Should road freight operators “stockpile” road user charges (RUC) before the transport support package ends on January 31? That’s the question the industry is asking following…
End of fuel discount scheme a ‘kick in the guts’, says transport industry
Road freight body Transporting New Zealand says the Government’s announcement that it will axe the transport support package next year is a “kick in the guts”…