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New Zealand Transport Agency

New Zealand Transport Agency
Government Agency
Agency nameNZ Transport Agency
Agency overview
Formed1 August 2008
Preceding
agencies		Land Transport New Zealand
Transit New Zealand
JurisdictionNew Zealand
HeadquartersVictoria Arcade, 44 Victoria Street, Wellington
Operational structure
Minister
responsible		Hon. Steven Joyce, Minister of Transport
Agency executivesGeoff Dangerfield, Chief Executive
Chris Moller, Chairman

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The New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) ( ) is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing and investigating rail accidents. It was created on 1 August 2008 by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008, merging Transit New Zealand with Land Transport New Zealand. Its legal name, as established by the Act, is New Zealand Transport Agency, but it operates as NZ Transport Agency.

The initial NZTA Board was criticised by the National Party opposition in July 2008 as being "stacked" with New Zealand Labour Party political appointees.

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1.02 min. | 5.0 user rating		 ROAD-RULE CHANGES MAY TAKE DRIVERS BY SURPRISE Changes to New Zealand's 35-year-old give way rules will take effect at the end of March but drivers are being kept in the dark until the last minute. The New Zealand Transport Agency is waiting until ten days before the rule comes into effect on March 25 to launch a $1.2 million nationwide campaign which will include TV, radio, online and print advertisements. An online campaign is launching tomorrow where drivers can watch educational videos outlining the two major changes to the current rules. "We keep on ramping up the resource material but the publicity campaign aimed at everybody is a few weeks away yet," said NZTA Chief Executive Jeff Dangerfield. Some drivers are calling for the nation-wide campaign to be brought in now to ensure the new rules don't take road-users by surprise. Taxi driver Allan Smith, who was behind the wheel when the law last changed in 1977, said the campaign should be launched a month earlier than the planned March 25 date. "The perspective of it then was that these were major changes and people would get fouled up with the whole change of the law," Smith said. "I don't think it'll be a smooth transition this time. There is a lot more traffic on the roads." But NZTA said the risk of introducing the campaign too early was that drivers may think the changes come into effect earlier than the official date. "This rule changes at 5am on Sunday the 25th of March and until then the existing rules comply <b>...</b>
8.07 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Drivers licence test to get tougher (1.54) Added: 7.28PM Sunday February 26, 2012 Source: ONE News The Transport Agency is bringing in major changes to the restricted drivers' licence test. SOURCE: tvnz.co.nz NZTA: www.nzta.govt.nz
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Transport projects weighed up - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times--By Matthew Haggart on Mon, 19 Dec 2011 Deliberations to prioritise more than 200 transport projects proposed by Otago's local authorities are under way, as part of a regional bid for funding from the -New Zealand Transport Agency-. - Date : Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:39:05 GMT
Motorway extension threatens rare worm - Stuff.co.nz Tweet this news
Stuff.co.nz--The peripatus worm, which has been around for 500 million years, lives in a damp forest near Dunedin's Caversham highway, which the -New Zealand Transport Agency's- (NZTA) plans to extend to four lanes, The Otago Daily Times reporte - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:38:12 GMT+00:00
Historic hotel returns to original site - New Zealand Herald Tweet this news
New Zealand Herald--The Birdcage, originally known as the Rob Roy Hotel, was moved last year to allow for construction of a new Victoria Park motorway tunnel. -New Zealand Transport Agency- Auckland state highways manager Tommy Parker today said the 600-t - Date : Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:37:26 GMT+00:00
Birdcage to begin moving back to original location - Newstalk ZB Tweet this news
Newstalk ZB---New Zealand Transport Agency- State Highways Manager Tommy Parker says given the hotel's age, the move will be very slow and will take at least two days. The hotel is owned by NZTA, and will be restored to become the focal point of the - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 21:08:19 GMT+00:00
Roads to skifields could be dangerous - Southland Times Tweet this news
Southland Times---New Zealand Transport Agency- funding of $248000 does not meet council plans for 2011-12 district winter gritting and ice removal, a predicted spend of $856000. District councillors yesterday ratified a draft annual plan, which says insu - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:01:42 GMT+00:00
Berejiklian to set strict transport standards - Launceston Times Tweet this news
Launceston Times--The position of another deputy director-general, Elizabeth -Zealand-, who was in charge of ticketing, is also unclear. In opposition, Ms Berejiklian studied the bureaucratic structure used in several overseas -transport agencies-. ... - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:00:42 GMT+00:00
Berejiklian to set strict transport standards - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--The position of another deputy director-general, Elizabeth -Zealand-, who was in charge of ticketing, is also unclear. In opposition, Ms Berejiklian studied the bureaucratic structure used in several overseas -transport agencies-. . - Date : Sun, 10 Apr 2011 14:26:42 GMT+00:00
Citibus drivers fear jobs at risk - Otago Daily Times Tweet this news
Otago Daily Times--ORC chief executive Graeme Martin rejected the "unfounded" claims last night, saying the -New Zealand Transport Agency- and the Local Government Act required the ORC to accept the lowest-cost tender capable of providin - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:02:43 GMT+00:00
PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - April 11 - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--$2b for capital's roads at risk: More than $2 billion of Government money could be lost if Wellington City Council fails to back the -Transport Agency's- roading plans. Labour MP leaves list to 'gaggle of gays': Labour has han - Date : Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:01:26 GMT+00:00
Te Horo residents want access to fast road - The Dominion Post Tweet this news
The Dominion Post--The -New Zealand Transport Agency- has not said how many submissions it had received, but Kapiti District Council has made a submission, calling for a slipway to be added, as have many locals. Farmer Kerry Walker, who was born in Te Hor - Date : Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:32:23 GMT+00:00



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