Trucks
Truckies face months of long detours after Cyclone Gabrielle
It's going to be months and months of taking the long way round for freight companies faced with 400 kilometres of damaged roads, and some communities still only reachable by air or sea.
The… Video, Audio
Alistair Woodward: The rise of the urban light truck
This week the government announced a levy on new utes to help pay for subsidies for electric vehicles. Four of the top ten best-selling new vehicles in New Zealand in 2020 were double cab utes. Yet… Audio
Truck driver takes milk the long way around
The Ashburton River Bridge on State Highway One is still closed for testing to find out how bad the damage is. An inland route is now open to heavy vehicles, such as freight trucks, but earlier this… Audio
Hundreds of trucks travel to Auckland with Christmas goods
Northland is experiencing heavy traffic, with a large operation to unload a cargo ship at Northport and transport 1200 containers to Auckland getting underway this morning.
The ship was diverted from… Audio
A man alone: Travelling the world solo by motorcycle
Chris Eden was diagnosed with incurable lymphatic cancer in 2005. Then he came up with a simple(ish) plan: ride a motorcycle solo across, round or through every continent in the world. So far he's… Audio, Gallery
Three injured in Southland as fuel tanker and car collide
A fuel tanker and a car have crashed in Southland, injuring three people.
Motorists asked to avoid crash scene in Hawke's Bay
The police are asking people to avoid a section of State Highway 2 in Waipawa in central Hawke's Bay after a crash this morning.
Road safety probe: Everything you need to know
What started as the issuing of two truck safety alerts has expanded into New Zealand's largest ever road safety investigation with thousands of vehicles nationwide that may have received faulty…
Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting
The road freight industry is already estimated to be 2500 drivers short and that number will grow to 28,000 in a couple of decades. Tracy Neal investigates if the driver shortage is threatening the… Audio
Two critical after truck and van collide in Hamilton
Two people are in a critical condition after a crash south of Hamilton this morning.
Truckin' rite, mate: Big rig on the loose
You haven't earned your truckie stripes until you've watched a big vehicle run away from you, says former truck driver Randolph Covich, author of Life on the Road: Kiwi Trucking Stories. Audio
Bikes, trucks and flying cars: China transport tales
Adam Minter of Bloomberg has some transport tales from China. This week how consolidation in the haulage industry could improve traffic and congestion. 9 million trucks, most of them owned by small… Audio
Truckies concerned at widening speed gap where two lanes merge
Truck drivers are concerned new speed limits on two of the country's safest roads could be dangerous because it widens the speed gap between heavy and ordinary vehicles. Video, Audio
Autonomous ships on the horizon
Self-driving cars, driverless trucks, and airliners that fly on autopilot. They'll soon be commonplace. But how about crewless ships? New Zealand interest in the technology - which could allow ships… Audio
25 trucks stranded by snow on Lewis Pass
Twenty five truck drivers are preparing to spend the night in their trucks as they're stranded on Lewis Pass due to snow. Audio
Nuhaka Dreaming 4: motors, machines, mechanics, and a very male world
John Bluck explores his memories of growing up in Nuhaka in Hawke's Bay during the 1940s and 1950s. Audio
Truckies say new safety rules have made it more dangerous
KiwiRail says it has had to stop truck drivers parking private vehicles near the Picton terminal for safety reasons, but drivers don't agree. The Road Transport Association says the move is also… Audio
Sideswipe forces truckie to cut speed limit, ban night-driving
A trucking boss says a near-miss has forced him to take urgent safety measures as winter closes in on the main Picton-to-Christchurch route. Chris Carr recounted to reporter Phil Pennington the close… Audio
Truck life
Phil Truesdale has a truck. Except he doesn't use his truck for normal things. He creates everything from boxing rings, to tyre swings in the back of his truck, with the help of his friends and… Audio, Gallery
The trucks that drive themselves
Self-driving trucks are now being tested in several US states. The autonomous transport method's just been identified as one of the top ten breakthrough technologies by MIT's Technology Review and… Audio