Transport Indicators

Contribution of transport and freight movements to NZ GDP

Data Owner: Statistics New Zealand

Breakdown available: Sectors and Regions.

Travel time reliability within metropolitan and high growth areas

Data Source: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

Note: This was sourced from a predictability analysis of key urban routes based on TomTom data on key urban journeys (am peak, interpeak, and pm peak averaged across urban routes).

Travel time predictability on priority tourist routes – road

Data Source: Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

Note: This measure shows the proportion of all journeys made on strategic freight and tourist routes that achieved the predictability target. Predictability is a measure of how consistent the travel time is for customers along a journey. Journey times are extracted from TomTom for a basket of key journeys defined nationally by Waka Kotahi. Travel times are extracted at 15-minute intervals for urban journeys and one-hour intervals for inter-regional journeys. The predictability calculation requires a two-year history of travel time data. It is defined by setting a target travel time based on “previous financial year” and comparing it against the travel time in the “current year”.

Freight Travel Time Reliability

Data Owner: KiwiRail

Travel time reliability on priority tourist routes – Interislander ferries

In 2019/20, 98% of ferries arrived on time (i.e. Within 30 minutes of scheduled arrival)

Data Source: KiwiRail

Passengers arriving and departing NZ – Air

Data Owner: Statistics New Zealand

Breakdown available: Airports

Passengers arriving and departing NZ – Sea

Data Owner: Statistics New Zealand

Breakdown available: Ports

Farm expenditure on freight

Data Owner: Statistics New Zealand

Freight imports and exports

Note: FOB: Free on board

Data Owner: Statistics New Zealand

Load efficiency

Note: TEUs = 20-foot equivalent units

Data Owner: Ministry of Transport

Breakdown Available: Ports

Freight productivity/utilisation

Note: Value = Number of containers (thousands)

Data Owner: Ministry of Transport

Data on freight carried by different modes are collected using different methods and metrics, and are not directly comparable.

Freight carried domestically (local and regional) – air

Data Owner: Civil Aviation Authority

Note: Includes freight transported domestically on non-passenger flights.

Freight carried domestically (local and regional) – shipping 

Data Owner: Ministry of Transport

Note: TEUs – 20-foot equivalent units

Breakdown available: Ports

Freight carried domestically (local and regional) – Rail 

Data Owner: Ministry of Transport

Breakdown available: Region

Freight carried domestically (local and regional) – Road 

Data Owner: Ministry of Transport

Note: Data for this indicator are only collected periodically