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View ArticleFreight Information Gathering System
The Ministry of Transport has developed the Freight Information Gathering System to provide an overview of freight movements around New Zealand, including containerised freight, rail freight, and bulk...
View ArticleLatest Freight Information Gathering System report released - March 2016
The April 2015 to March 2016 report containing information on freight movements into, out of and around New Zealand is now available on the Freight Information Gathering System page.
View ArticleNew Zealand Vehicle Fleet Statistics
Monthly vehicle registrationsQuarterly vehicle fleet statisticsAnnual vehicle fleet statisticsThe Ministry has developed a comprehensive set of Transport Indicators, which also include information on...
View ArticleRoad toll
The Ministry is responsible for officially recording road toll information. This page contains information on the daily, quarterly and annual road toll.On this page:Daily road toll updateMonthly road...
View ArticleWhat do you care about most when you travel?
The Government spends around $4 billion a year on land transport; building new infrastructure, maintaining our roads, improving safety and reducing the environmental impacts of travel.The Government...
View ArticleMonthly road toll data from 1965
The table below compares calendar month road toll statistics from...
View ArticleMonthly road crash statistics update - July 2016
The data presented here are provisional. Crash data as at 8th August 2016.Seventeen people died on New Zealand roads in July. This is 9 fewer than July 2016 and 5 fewer than the average July road toll...
View ArticleMonthly overview of crash statistics
The monthly crash statistics report provides an update on how many people are killed or injured on our roads every month.Each monthly update includes the following provisional data:road deathsdeaths...
View ArticleLand Transport Amendment Act (no 2) 2014 questions and answers
From 1 December 2014, the alcohol limit lowered for drivers aged 20 years and over.Alcohol contributes to around 30 percent of New Zealand’s fatal road crashes. Over the last 10 years, fatal crashes...
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LocationsHead OfficeLevel 6 SAS House 89 The Terrace Wellington, New Zealand Tel +64 4 439 9000 Fax +64 4 439 9001 Email info@transport.govt.nzPostal address: Ministry of Transport PO Box 3175...
View ArticleAlcohol Interlocks
On 9 August 2016, Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss announced that alcohol interlock sentences will become mandatory for serious and repeat drink-driving offenders.Read Alcohol and drugs crash...
View ArticleAviation Medical Convener review
Section 27J of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 provides for the Minister of Transport to appoint a Convener and Deputy Convener to review medical certification decisions.The Convener can review a decision...
View ArticleMandatory alcohol interlocks for serious and repeat drink-drivers
On 9 August 2016, Associate Transport Minister Craig Foss announced that alcohol interlock sentences will become mandatory for serious and repeat drink-drive offenders. The Government will also include...
View ArticleAir New Zealand – United Airlines Authorisation Application
Air New Zealand and United Airlines have submitted an application for authorisation of a Side Agreement to the Alliance Expansion Agreement previously entered into between the applicants and authorised...
View ArticleElectric vehicles
Electric vehicles are vehicles charged from an external electricity source.They can be powered in two ways:solely by electric batteries. These are commonly known as pure electric vehicles; ora...
View ArticleWhat do you care about most when you travel?
The Government spends around $4 billion a year on land transport; building new infrastructure, maintaining our roads, improving safety and reducing the environmental impacts of travel.The Government...
View ArticleRoad toll
The Ministry is responsible for officially recording road toll information. This page contains information on the daily, quarterly and annual road toll.On this page:Daily road toll updateMonthly road...
View ArticleRegulatory Impact Statements by mode
This page contains Regulatory Impact Statements and National Information Analyses categorised by mode (Road, Sea, Air)RoadRoad | Sea l AirRoadRoad user charges exemptions and discounts for elctric...
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