NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) is prosecuting KiwiRail in relation to an incident on 17 June 2023 in which the KiwiRail-operated Hamilton to Auckland Te Huia service failed to obey a red signal, risking a collision with another passenger train.
A stretch of coastline at Kaikōura has become a safer place for both fur seal pups and road users after a joint effort by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), Department Of Conservation/Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) and Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University.
NZTA is reminding owners of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) to buy their first road user charges (RUC) licence before the deadline of 31 May 2024.
A scheduled closure on State Highway 29 Kaimai Range will take place over 4 nights from Sunday 19 May to Wednesday 22 May (inclusive), from 8pm to 3.30am each night.
Ensuring the safety of State Highway 1 between Tawa and Grenada will see contractors hard at work clearing trees, installing new safety barriers, and inspecting and cleaning culverts.
It’s not so much the light at the end of the tunnel, rather it is new lights that are about to be installed in a vital part of Wellington’s motorway network.
The new two-lane bridge on State Highway 43 east of Stratford has now been officially blessed by Iwi and is expected to be open to traffic by the end of next week, weather dependent.
