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200+ trucks stop at NZI Truckie Rest Zone

Foodstuffs North Island is trialling AutoSense Vision Focus technology in selected vehicles—adding real-time incident review and driver exoneration to its in-cab safety toolkit.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 22/8/25

There has been unprecedented feedback following my article last week “Systemic failure killed Johnathon Walters” which explored a needless death of a roadworker by an unroadworthy truck. And rightly so, this issue strikes at the heart of safety and compliance in our industry.

Transport costs ease as weak demand hampers recovery

Most costs for transport operators declined in the June quarter, with only unchanged road user charges and a modest increase in labour costs bucking the falls. The biggest quarterly declines occurred for finance and fuel costs, continuing the downwards trend for these cost categories that has persisted since late 2023.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 15/8/25

There has been unprecedented feedback following my article last week “Systemic failure killed Johnathon Walters” which explored a needless death of a roadworker by an unroadworthy truck. And rightly so, this issue strikes at the heart of safety and compliance in our industry.

Biggest change to RUC in 50 years

This week Transport Minister Chris Bishop announced that fuel excise duty will be replaced by electronic Road User Charges and that the Government will have enabling legislation passed in 2026. 

Justin’s Transport Minute – 8/8/25

Last week, a transport company director pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges following the death of roadworker Johnathon Walters, who was run over in May 2024 by an unroadworthy truck.

NRC supports single revenue collection system for NLTF

National Road Carriers Association (NRC) is broadly supportive of the move announced today by Transport Minister Chris Bishop towards a single system of collecting the revenue for the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF).

Justin’s Transport Minute – 18/7/25.

In the government’s self-declared year of economic productivity and growth, we’re seeing some good signs. International summits to attract overseas infrastructure investors, National Infrastructure Plans, road block removals in RMA reforms.

But one area is conspicuous by its absence – Freight & Supply Chain productivity.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 11/7/25.

Last week, I had the pleasure of traveling through the central North Island, visiting NRC members and covering a lot of ground across our beautiful country. The scenery was stunning, but the treacherous July weather gave me a firsthand lesson on the fragility of our road network.