New Zealand’s freight system is under mounting pressure. Demand is rising, weather events are worsening, costs are volatile, and operators are navigating regulatory settings that have not kept pace with the country’s freight task. The NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA)’s Action Plan for Freight 2024–27 sets out to address these structural issues by tightening its weakest bolts – not by reinventing the system.
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In 2020, Manawatū based Central Economic Development Agency (CEDA) launched a bold initiative to establish a nationally significant logistics cluster in the heart of the country. The aim: to develop a high-performing, intermodal freight and distribution hub that would boost productivity, strengthen resilience, and unlock the region’s potential. Today, Te Utanganui is a thriving cluster of coordinated investments, public-private partnerships, and national infrastructure that is shaping New Zealand’s economic future.
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Freight moves very efficiently to ensure that goods are available when and where they are needed. However, a major Hikurangi Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami taking out the Cook Strait ferry terminals for an extended period would bring immediate chaos to the movement of goods between the North and the South Islands.
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