Tauranga stories
The new Hamilton facility could cut cargo costs by up to 30% and shift Upper North Island freight off roads and onto rail.
Passenger rail could cut emissions and widen access, but chronic underinvestment and patchy national coordination still hold New Zealand back.
With New Zealand facing a $210 billion infrastructure deficit, the lobby is urging wider use of private capital and reforms to local funding.
Passengers could miss out unless new inter-regional rail is funded sustainably, as Infrastructure New Zealand urges a focus on maintenance and existing metro upgrades.
The Takitimu North Link scheme could boost Western Bay of Plenty transport links and safety after making the Roads & Highways finals.
Councils face tighter deadlines as new rules could bring taller housing to city centres and transit hubs, raising pressure on infrastructure.
Supply chain bottlenecks could worsen as the port that handles 42% of New Zealand's container traffic faces a year of consent delays.
Additional public and transitional homes will be targeted at regional centres where demand has surged ahead of supply, worsening rents and overcrowding.
Transport industry groups say decades of stop-start planning could end if National’s $31 billion road and rail programme goes ahead.
The proposed $31 billion programme would reshape commuting in the upper North Island, while relying on RMA repeal and borrowing powers.
Better freight services and more reliable trains are set to follow, as the funding also covers new ferries and ageing locomotives.
New roads, rail, schools and hospitals should help address years of underinvestment, though critics question whether USD $12 billion is enough.
Civil contractors say the Government must back already designed transport works quickly to protect jobs as big projects finish.
Auckland could gain valuable waterfront land and Northland secure a major jobs boost if the freight port is shifted, but the bill is likely to run to billions.
Two artists from different disciplines have collaborated on a show that utilises virtual reality to take attendees into imaginative lands.
Auckland households are now $96 a week worse off than a decade ago, as soaring housing and transport costs drag New Zealand's cities behind Australia’s.
Driver shortages may ease if more women are recruited, as new training courses attract female students and boost industry retention.
Private debt funding for roads and water in Milldale could ease New Zealand’s housing shortage, though buyers face annual charges.
Higher truck operating costs, including fuel and road user charges, are set to feed through to shoppers as freight firms lift prices.
Female enrolments at Manukau Institute of Technology’s new transport course are helping tackle a driver shortage that has hit freight operators hard.
