A former vehicle inspector has been sentenced to six months’ community detention and 40 hours community work for dishonestly accessing the Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) and issuing fraudulent warrants of fitness (WoFs), following an investigation and prosecution by the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) Safer Vehicles team.
Crews are now in the process of finishing the remainder of the closure works, preparing SH1 Brynderwyn Hills to reopen to two-way traffic from 11.59pm Wednesday 26 June.
Speed limits for a section of SH77 in the Mid-Canterbury town of Methven will change towards the end of July, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).
Planning for future southern Auckland transport network improvements that will deliver better and safer travel options is progressing following Auckland Council’s notification of the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) Notices of Requirement (NOR) to protect the route for Stage 2 of the State Highway 1 (SH1) Papakura to Bombay project between Drury and Bombay.
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.
