Last updated on
4/05/2009 2:23 p.m.
Transport Minister Steven Joyce has asked the NZ Transport Agency and the Department of Labour to work with the taxi industry to enhance the safety of taxi drivers and their passengers, as required by the law.
Following the death of Christchurch taxi driver Abdulrahman Ikhtari on 5 December last year, the Minister asked officials to conduct a stock take on safety measures in taxis to see what could be done to increase safety.
Read the Minister's media release on the Beehive website here