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Justin’s Transport Minute – 07/10/2022

Another week of some extreme weather across the country, which means more high-profile road damage and potholes to be fixed.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 30/09/2022

This week, appropriately enough given its Mental Health Awareness Week, I’ve had my first taste

Justin’s Transport Minute – 23/09/2022

This week I have a couple of thoughts to share.

Accident on the Auckland Harbour Bridge illustrates need for greater

Justin’s Transport Minute – 16/09/2022

Another busy week for the team here at NRC.

Strewth – should we be a bit more Aussie in our approach to business?

We compete with our Australian friends across the ditch possibly harder than any other nation – on the rugby field,

Justin’s Transport Minute – 09/09/2022

This week I’m getting seriously close to being able to count my time at NRC in months versus weeks.

Auckland Councils Transport Emissions Reduction Pathway

Following this week's first NRC Transport and Logistics Advisory Group Meeting, Justin sat down with Chair, Simon Bridges to get

Justin’s Transport Minute – 02/09/2022

This week had a couple of clear stand outs.

ACC Workplace Injury Prevention Grant provides crucial seed funding for industry leading wellbeing hub – HARMfree Transport

New Zealand Trucking Association Inc (NTA) and National Road Carriers Inc (NRC) are pleased to confirm the HARMfree Transport initiative

A National Freight & Supply Chain Strategy and a programme for reducing emissions

Changing transport systems is not new for New Zealand. In 1922, Carr & Haslam introduced a petrol-powered Brockway into their

Justin’s Transport Minute – 26/08/2022

Well, two weeks in and I am feeling very welcomed by the NRC Team, our industry partners and members. It’s

Potholes a result of pay-as-you-go road funding

New Zealand has badly potholed roads because road maintenance is inadequately funded from pay-as-you-go road user charges (RUC) levied on

Transport industry and officials collaborate to tackle the big issues including climate change and infrastructure

More than 360 transport operators, industry representatives and Government officials descended on the newly opened Te Pae Convention Centre in

Could the person with the good news please step forward?

Fuel prices are double what they were 12 months ago, new staff are almost impossible to find, and the Government's

2022 NRC AGM

The 2022 AGM was held at Mount Smart on Friday the 17th June.

National Road Carriers appoints Justin Tighe-Umbers as new CEO

National Road Carriers Association (NRC) is pleased to announce Justin Tighe-Umbers will be joining as CEO from Monday 15 August.

Hon Simon Bridges to Chair National Road Carriers Advisory Group

“National Road Carriers is very pleased to confirm the Hon Simon Bridges will be partnering with NRC as Chair of

More detail needed on freight emissions reduction target

More detail needed on freight emissions reduction target

National Road Carriers is seeking more detail of the Government's plans

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