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4 March, 2014

Passenger security charges to reduce

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced a staged 20 per cent decrease in the airline passenger security charges for domestic passengers over the next two years.

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28 February, 2014

Woodhouse welcomes expert cycle panel

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse has welcomed the appointment of the New Zealand Cycle Safety Panel, an expert group tasked with helping find practical ways to make cycling safer on New Zealand roads.

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26 February, 2014

Safer vehicle fleet with mandatory ESC

Electronic stability control (ESC) is to become mandatory for new and used vehicles imported into New Zealand, with a proposed timetable announced today by Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse.

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9 January, 2014

NZ road safety ad strikes a global chord

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse has welcomed the unprecedented response to the latest road safety advertisement from the NZTA.

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3 January, 2014

Seven die on roads during holiday period

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse says drivers in New Zealand need to continue to take on board road safety messages and take responsibility on the roads so that more people arrive at their destinations safely, after a higher Christmas holiday period road toll than last year.

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1 January, 2014

2013 lowest road toll in 60 years

The provisional road toll for 2013 of 254 is the lowest in the last 60 years, Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse announced today. This compares with 308 in 2012, 284 in 2011, and 375 in 2010.

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20 December, 2013

Drive safely these summer holidays

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse is urging road users to travel safely over the summer holidays.

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14 December, 2013

Second section of the Waikato Expressway opens

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee today officially opened the 12.3 kilometre Ngaruawahia section of the Waikato Expressway, marking a significant milestone towards the completion of the transformational 102km road of national significance.

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6 December, 2013

Cell phone use putting road users at risk

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse is urging drivers to put their cell phones away after a survey of 29,000 moving vehicles found one in every 40 drivers using a cell phone.

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3 December, 2013

$2m boost for maritime incident preparedness

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced a $2 million package to help Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) improve New Zealand’s wider maritime response capability.

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2 December, 2013

Expressway begins as Transmission Gully builders named

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has turned the first digger-bucket of soil to mark the start of construction on the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway, an important milestone in the Government’s work to deliver better infrastructure for a more prosperous New Zealand.

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26 November, 2013

Ministers launch holiday road safety campaign

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee and Police Minister Anne Tolley have launched this summer’s road safety campaign, which will focus on preventing deaths and injuries by reducing speed, alongside greater visibility of Police.

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20 November, 2013

Draft Intelligent Transport Systems Action Plan released

A draft Intelligent Transport Systems Action Plan was released today for public consultation by Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee.

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19 November, 2013

Bill to lower adult drink-drive limit introduced

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has today introduced legislation that will lower the adult drink-driving limits.

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15 November, 2013

Woodhouse attends SCOTI meeting in Brisbane

Associate Minister of Transport Michael Woodhouse will represent the New Zealand Government at the 5th meeting of the Standing Council of Transport and Infrastructure (SCOTI) in Brisbane today.

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14 November, 2013

It’s all go for Wellington’s Northern Corridor

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed today’s Supreme Court decision to dismiss an appeal by Save Kapiti to the granting of consents for a stretch of the Wellington Northern Corridor Road of National Significance.

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14 November, 2013

Clifford Bay ferry terminal project won’t proceed

The outcome of a study into the commercial viability of a ferry terminal at Clifford Bay in Marlborough has concluded Picton should remain as the southern terminal for the inter-island ferries, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today.

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4 November, 2013

Legal blood alcohol limit to drop

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says Cabinet has agreed to lower the legal blood alcohol limit from 80 to 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood for drivers aged over 20.

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31 October, 2013

New child restraint rule comes into force

Changes that will require children up to seven years old to use an approved child restraint when travelling in motor vehicles come into force from 1 November 2013.

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31 October, 2013

Minister acknowledges balloon accident report

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has expressed his deep sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives in the January 2012 Carterton hot air balloon accident, following the release today of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission’s report into the incident.

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31 October, 2013

Two-year Waterview tunnelling process begins

Eighteen months and 2.5 million work hours into its five-year construction programme, the huge Waterview Connection project is ready to start tunnelling.

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25 October, 2013

Drive safely this Labour Weekend

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse is reminding drivers to take care on the roads this long weekend.

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3 October, 2013

National War Memorial Park on track

Work towards the National War Memorial Park is progressing well and is on target to be open in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings on 25 April 2015, Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee and Culture and Heritage Minister Christopher Finlayson said today on a visit to the construction site in Wellington’s Buckle Street.

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27 September, 2013

Taxi driver safety review underway

Associate Transport Minister Michael Woodhouse today announced that a planned review of taxi driver safety is underway.

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22 September, 2013

Transport Minister attends ICAO conference

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee will travel to Canada today to attend the 38th triennial assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) being held in Montréal.

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20 September, 2013

Trans-Tasman alliance reauthorised

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has reauthorised the trans-Tasman alliance between Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia, ensuring that passengers continue to benefit from the arrangements that have been in place since 2010.

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9 September, 2013

Progress on Puhoi to Wellsford highway

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee has welcomed the formal acceptance by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of the NZ Transport Agency's application and supporting documents to construct the Pūhoi to Warkworth section of the Ara Tūhono – Pūhoi to Wellsford Road of National Significance.

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3 September, 2013

Brownlee to attend APEC Transportation Ministerial Meeting

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee will be travelling to Tokyo, Japan to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 8th Transportation Ministerial Meeting from 4 to 6 September.

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12 August, 2013

Launch of Rail Safety Week 2013

Good afternoon and thank you for the opportunity to speak at the launch of Rail Safety Week.

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9 August, 2013

WoF frequency changes from January 2014

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says changes to the Warrant of Fitness inspection system which will save New Zealanders $1.8 billion over 30 years, agreed by Cabinet in January this year, will be introduced in two stages.

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