Key Strategies

The Ministry produces a number of key strategies in order to work towards our vision of leading transport solutions for New Zealand.

NZTS and GPS

The New Zealand Transport Strategy was launched in 2008. It set defined targets for the transport sector and actions to achieve those targets over the next 30 years. This is the first time specific targets have been set for the whole sector, and they are detailed in two key documents: the New Zealand Transport Strategy 2008 (NZTS) and the Government Policy Statement on Land Transport Funding (GPS).

The Ministry also released the Transport Monitoring Indicator Framework. The framework measures progress against the objectives, sector outcomes and targets in the NZTS and the GPS. It is a tool for informing and evaluating transport-related policies and strategies.

Safer Journeys

In March 2010, the government released its new ten year strategy designed to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads over the next decade.

Safer Journeys is a strategy to guide improvements in road safety over the period 2010–2020. The long term goal for road safety in New Zealand is set out in its vision: "A safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury".

It replaces the previous Road Safety to 2010 strategy.