Category: Blog

Justin’s Transport Minute – 28/8/25

Friday night National Road Carriers held our 89th Annual General Meeting at the Jet Park Inn, gathering members, sponsors and supporters. There was a great atmosphere in the room, despite the tough year (or perhaps because of it) everyone enjoyed getting together and catching up over a drink

Road bridges must replace Takanini level crossings

NRC has called for detailed traffic modelling to support AT’s proposed replacement of railway level crossing in Takanini with road bridges announced last Sunday.

The City Rail Link is going to be a game changer for Auckland and getting these level crossings replaced is critical to keep freight moving.

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).