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Taxpayer investment in salvaging coastal shipping founders

It’s not yet clear whether Waka Kotahi will be able to claw back the public funding it’s already put in to Move Logistics' aborted coastal shipping plan. Jonathan Milne investigates.

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Pedestrians more likely to be hurt in poorer areas

Crunched data shows the rate of death and injury from vehicles is higher in areas where people earn less. Emma Hatton reports.

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Road safety loses funding fight as more Waka Kotahi plans off track

Waka Kotahi has drastically under-performed this year, based on its targets set in the Government’s annual accountability document, reports Emma Hatton

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Waiheke residents ‘marooned’ by ferry route exemption

Governments have been slow to find solutions to rising ferry fares and missed subsidies, complain islanders struggling to get their kids to hospital. Matthew Scott reports.

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National's plans to pick apart Road to Zero

The National party’s transport spokesperson Simeon Brown said speed limit reductions and other changes brought in under the Road to Zero strategy would be reviewed, reports Emma Hatton

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Road user charges loom for hybrid and EV owners

The new transport minister has received recommendations for how to charge hybrid and electric vehicle owners for road usage, but whoever is in government after October 14 will likely decide, reports Jo Moir

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What it takes to get a road back open

Storms and cyclones have caused major disruptions on state highways across the country this year. What's involved in fixing them up to get them back open?

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Slow down Simeon Brown – bilingual traffic signs aren't an accident waiting to happen

When the National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed to echo his leader Christopher Luxon’s earlier misgivings about the now prevalent use of te reo Māori in government departments.

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Calls to scrap what's left of speed limit reduction work

Personnel and cash are still being thrown into speed limit reduction work despite a massive chunk of the programme being cut in Chris Hipkins’ policy bonfire earlier this year

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Disaster-in-waiting warn south’s farmers

Cyclone Gabrielle’s hammering of Hawkes Bay has ignited fears in Southland of bridges failing and farmland flooding through “mismanagement” of accumulated gravel.

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The holes in NZ's 'world-class' public sector

Talk of a 'world-class' public sector system in New Zealand falls short of the reality, former politicians and policymakers say.

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Clean car crowing ignores stark reality

Kiwis are still buying oodles of new gas guzzlers, David Williams writes

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Public pump brakes on lower speed limits

Progress on reducing speed limits across the country has been hamstrung with more community engagement having to take place than was expected.

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‘Nobody’s cracked it’ – Govt struggles to fix poor procurement

Almost three years after a damning report into government procurement practices, it seems nothing has changed.

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No way for Waka Kotahi to know how dangerous e-scooters are

Transport agency Waka Kotahi is still debating how to measure the maximum power output, the High Court warns.

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For want of a bus driver: tough times for Auckland Transport

Recent cuts to bus services due to a major skills shortage cast an unhealthy pall on a public transport system still trying to regain the patronage of pre-pandemic years

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Ukraine war delays NZ Transport Agency's speed camera shipment

A plan to accelerate the rollout of speed cameras in Auckland has hit a speed bump.

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Weather events put strain on Waka Kotahi emergency fund

The transport agency’s facing a budget blowout as more frequent and damaging weather events put pressure on its emergency works fund

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NZ's cleanest and dirtiest car companies revealed

New cars are getting cleaner and cleaner – but some brands still perform better than others.

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Peering into Transmission Gully’s environmental blind spot

An environmental criminologist tapes off Transmission Gully as a crime scene

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Government relying on diesel honesty

The Government is relying on an honesty form and spot checks to stop drivers from rorting the system when purchasing discounted road user charges.

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Officials under the pump over relief for diesel users

Two weeks after the Government announced relief at the petrol pump, plenty of questions still remain for diesel users, writes political editor @jo_moir

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