Tag: Justin’s Transport Minute

Justin’s Transport Minute – 08/03/2024

Times up on the first hundred days of the coalition government comes today, so what’s the score card for the road transport industry?

Let’s do a quick survey of what’s across the line so far.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 23/02/2024

At midnight on Monday, a nine-week closure of the country’s main national highway arterial begins. This length of closure of a main arterial between two major centres would be unthinkable in any other modern economy, but here we are.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 16/02/2024

As I do the rounds with officials in Wellington, one refreshing new trend that is taking off is talking about productivity and efficiency. I’ve heard these two words more there in the first 6 weeks of the year than over the last 6 years.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 02/02/2024

Welcome to the first Justin’s Transport Minute for 2024. While my holidays felt like they passed in one hot minute, spending time with my wife and three boys in the beautiful Bay of Islands did wonders for recharging the batteries. I hope you managed to get some precious down time with loved ones too.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 08/12/2023

This week at NRC we’ve made further ground preparing for the upcoming closure of State Highway 1 in the Brynderwyns. Paula Rogers our Northland Commercial Transport Specialist,

Justin’s Transport Minute – 03/11/2023

Today the country has been waiting for the announcement on the make up of our future government. Some seats may swing, the power-balance may shift a little between coalition partners, but the outcome is already clear – New Zealand has voted for change.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 13/10/2023

One of the great things I love about NRC is the passion our members have for the industry, and the people that work in it. A great example happened this week. Paula Rogers, one of our Commercial Transport Specialists received a call from a concerned member who could see an unsafe steel girder load being transported on the motorway.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 01/09/2023

This week some of the NRC board and I took a road trip (admittedly by air for some of us) to the mighty Taranaki to meet with members at the Plymouth Hotel. Chairman John Baillie, and board members Glen MacKay and Pamela Bonney joined me on a panel discussion where we discussed all things NRC.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 25/08/2023

Here at NRC we are always busy everyday representing your interests, and I wanted to share with you some of the ways we are working so that both your views are heard, and also so that you stay informed. It is a two way road, after all.

Firstly, next in line for our successful webinar series is Heavy Vehicle Permitting Changes. Riccardo Areosa, Programme Manager-Permits at Waka Kotahi will be joining NRC to talk through and answer any questions on suggested changes to the vehicle permitting system.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 18/08/2023

Another flurry of political activity this week on the transport front…anyone would think there’s an election coming.

Yesterday, the government announced a transport “Government Policy Statement” (GPS) out for consultation. With less than 60 days to the election, the danger is many will consider the GPS a dead rubber, as they say in sport. In its simplest form, the government’s transport policy amounted to $20b of spend on roading, public transport, and yes, cycleways. The sting in the tail is that it will be paid for by fuel excise duty going up 12c a litre. And as we know, where FED goes, RUC goes.

Justin’s Transport Minute – 11/08/2023

Another busy week with the gun having been fired on election season, even before parliament has finished and the MPs left the building. This week I enjoyed a fascinating conversation with the ACT Party’s transport spokesman Simon Court, on their transport and infrastructure policies. Talking with Simon it was clear he has a deep understanding of the road transport sector and how it has been failed over the last decade in roading and policies.