Our Publications
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Ministry of Transport governance documents
Annual Report 2010/11
Date: Oct 2011
Statement of Intent 2011–2014
Date: 20 May 2011
Key documents
Safer Journeys road safety strategy to 2020
Date: March 2010
Safer Journeys, New Zealand's road safety strategy to 2020 is a strategy to guide improvements in road safety over the period 2010–2020.
Connecting New Zealand: a summary of the government’s policy direction for transport
Date: August 2011
Connecting New Zealand is a document that summarises the government’s overall policy direction for transport.
Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding (GPS).
Date: May 2009
The Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding (GPS) sets out the government’s priorities for expenditure from the National Land Transport Fund over the next 10 years.
Know How Guide on Land Transport Planning and Funding in New Zealand
(PDF v7.0 2.444kb)
Date: December 2008
The Know How Guide on Land Transport Planning and Funding in New Zealand – the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2003 provides practical advice for transport decision makers on the Land Transport Management Act 2003.
MOTivate
The Ministry publishes a free external newsletter,
MOTivate which provides information on the development of transport policy and Ministry activities. From June 2009 MOTivate will be produced electronically on a bi-monthly basis.
Contact the Ministry to have your name included on the mailing list or
view our latest issue.
Other documents
Current or topical documents are listed below. Those not available online are available on request from the Ministry.
Included in the Archive section are documents that were prepared under previous governments. These are included for historical reference and may not reflect current government policy.
The documents below are listed by
type and
date order.
Strategic documents
Driver Fatigue Strategy (PDF v7.0, 152kb)
Date: 14 December 2007
National Rail Strategy to 2015 (PDF v7.0, 557kb)
Date: May 2005
Sea Change - a Strategy for Domestic Sea Freight
Date: May 2008
Transport Research Strategy (PDF v7.0, 418kb)
Date: 31 May 2007
Transport Sector Strategic Directions document 2006 update (PDF v7.0, 973kb)
Date: 07 February 2007
Transport Sector Strategic Directions document (PDF v7.0, 795kb)
Date: 1 December 2005
Reports
Land
Govt3 Fleet Review - Summary and Evaluation Report (PDF v7.0, 497kb)
Date: 4 December 2007
New Zealand Vehicle Fleet statistics
Date: September 2010
The New Zealand Light Vehicle Fleet (PDF v7.0, 798kb)
The New Zealand Light Vehicle Fleet supplemental spreadsheet* (Excel, 814kb)
Date: 31 May 2007
* The graphs and data are also available in the Excel data spreadsheet (Excel required)
Advisory Group Report on Roading Costs (PDF v7.0, 357kb)
Date: 09 February 2007
Advisory Group Report on Roading Costs Appendices (PDF v7.0, 1,560kb)
Date: 09 February 2007
The Social Cost of Road Crashes and Injuries
Date: Updates from June 2006 - June 2010
Breen report on review of Road Safety to 2010 strategy (PDF v7.0, 876kb)
Date: 9 June 2006 (completed Nov 2004)
Breen report on review of Road Safety to 2010 strategy - summary of recommendations (PDF v7.0, 33kb)
Date: 9 June 2006 (completed Nov 2004)
Duignan report on initial evaluation of Road Safety to 2010 strategy (PDF v7.0, 190kb)
Date: 9 June 2006 (completed Nov 2004)
Duignan report on initial evaluation of Road Safety to 2010 strategy - summary (PDF v7.0, 34kb)
Date: 9 June 2006 (completed Nov 2004)
New Zealand Road Safety Research 2004
Date: 23 May 2005
Sea
Freight futures: long-term sea freight scenarios report (PDF v6.0, 523kb)
Date: September 2010
Coastal Shipping Cargo (PDF v7.0, 146kb)
Date: 15 March 2005
The effects of contaminants derived from road transport on aquatic ecosystems
Date: 15 March 2005
Maritime Liability Report (PDF v7.0, 101kb)
Date: September 2002
Air Service Agreements
International Airlines Serving New Zealand
Date: 2003
Open Aviation Market Licences
Date: October 2002
Scheduled International Air Service Licences
Date: October 2002
Agreement Between the Government of New Zealand and the Government of Australia Relating to Air Services (PDF v7.0, 70kb)
Date: August 2002
Open Aviation Market Licences (Australia)
Date: April 2002
Port Companies and Market Power - A Qualitative Analysis (PDF v7.0, 2,635kb)
Date: April 2002
New Zealand's Bilateral Air Services Agreements
Date: December 2001
Commercial Non-Scheduled International Flights
Date: 30 November 2004
Other
Transporting Dangerous Goods Safely - An Industry Guide
Date: October 2008
Port and Harbour and Navigation Safety Management discussion document and submissions analysis
Date: November 2007
Four International Maritime Environmental Conventions discussion document and submissions analysis
Date: November 2007
New Zealand Vehicle Emissions Screening Programme
Date: 30 November 2004
Decoupling transport growth and economic activity in New Zealand (PDF v7.0, 190kb)
Date: October 2003
Transport and climate change report back
Date: March 2001