6 Sep 2021

Covid-19: Truck lobby claims it was 'blindsided' over Auckland testing

From Morning Report, 6:48 am on 6 September 2021

The government says it is speaking to the trucking industry about what is needed to take essential freight across Auckland's Level 4 boundaries - but the industry says this is the first it has heard of it.

The Road Transport Forum says the government has already caused "dismay and disappointment" with its plans for testing freight workers at the borders. I

t says suggestion by Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson that discussions were being held to iron out the problem had left them "blindsided" again.

Road Transport Forum New Zealand chief executive Nick Leggett spoke to Susie Ferguson.