Road signs help us to get where we are and to where we’re going, that much is obvious. But, at another level, road signs show us where we are and where we’re heading as a people and a culture.
So the language of Aotearoa New Zealand’s road signs is important not least because they are also expressions of the exercise of state power in our everyday lives.
The size, shape and text of road signs are all governed by law.
Despite te reo Māori’s status as an official language in New Zealand there is no legal requirement for signs to be in any language other than English. But that could soon change.
Roadworks expected to cause delays around holiday hotspots
20 Dec, 2020 06:16 PM
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Holidaymakers are warned to factor in extra time for road works-related delays all over New Zealand this summer. Photo / Bevan Conley, File
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More than 2000 workers will be sweating it out across about 2500 sites nationwide.
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Last year s maintenance programme was the largest ever, with 10 per cent of the roading network renewed or repaired.
This year it is 8.5 per cent - that is nearly 2000km of refreshed roads - the equivalent of repaving a two-lane road from Picton to Bluff.
PLAN AHEAD: Check details of Auckland s overnight motorway roadwork closures planned over the coming holiday period (20-22 Dec and 06-09 Jan) here: https://t.co/ZhEZnB7jq6 and plan your late night journey in advance. ^MF pic.twitter.com/glCOimn9TM Waka Kotahi NZTA Auckland & Northland (@WakaKotahiAkNth) December 20, 2020
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Kaikōura rebuild reaches finish line
Work to restore and improve Kaikōura’s roads and rail after the 2016 earthquake is practically finished, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today.
Michael Wood along with Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene, Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle, Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Chair Hariata Kahu, and representatives from the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) Alliance held a ceremony to mark the departure of the Alliance from Kaikōura – exactly three years after State Highway 1 was reopened.
“I want to thank the nearly 9000 people who worked tirelessly on this project. They not only reconnected communities and businesses, they strengthened those connections,” Michael Wood said.
Press Release – New Zealand Government Work to restore and improve Kaikuras roads and rail after the 2016 earthquake is practically finished, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today. Michael Wood along with Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene, Kaikura Mayor Craig Mackle, Te …
Work to restore and improve Kaikōura’s roads and rail after the 2016 earthquake is practically finished, Transport Minister Michael Wood announced today.
Michael Wood along with Te Tai Tonga MP Rino Tirikatene, Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle, Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura Chair Hariata Kahu, and representatives from the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery (NCTIR) Alliance held a ceremony to mark the departure of the Alliance from Kaikōura – exactly three years after State Highway 1 was reopened.