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Latest NZTA & MOT Media/News Releases

Posted on 18 December 2019

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NZTA Have Called For Creative Hi-Tech Ideas For Saving Lives On The Road

Posted on 13 March 2018

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More consistent speed limits to improve safety through Kaiwaka – NZTA Media Release

Posted on 21 August 2017

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Manifesto calls for ‘urgent action’ to halve global road deaths.

Posted on 08 May 2017

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Fourth United Nations Global Road Safety Week 8-14 May 2017

Posted on 23 March 2017

This years Road Safety Week will focus on ‘Speed Management’ and what can be done to address this key risk factor.

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Media Release From NZTA

Posted on 08 February 2017

Work to start on improving safety on SH14 Hospital Road

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Faces Of The Road Toll

Posted on 05 January 2017

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Poetry & Voices of Children Urge Drivers To Check their Speed for Summer Campaign

Posted on 29 November 2016

The voices of children and the power of poetry are adding to the call to reduce serious injuries and deaths on our roads this summer.

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	Local Road fatalities This Year	State Highway fatalities This Year	Total fatalities This Year
Far North	3	2	5
Whangarei	4	4	8
Kaipara	2	0	2
Northland	9	6	15
National	155

"Despite popular belief, hands-free and Bluetooth operation aren’t safer—that cognitive load is still present"

— 2014 book 'A Deadly Wandering'
"'Texting while driving increases the risk of a crash 23.2 times over unimpaired driving'"

— Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
"Ride To The Conditions"

— Ride Forever
"'If you knew you were driving to your death - would you still drive so fast?'"

— Unknown Author
"Drink Or Drive......But Never Both"

— Operation Save Lives