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Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 3:33 pm MTA is calling for the Government to establish a specific programme of assistance to meet vehicle inspection and repair costs and save lives. This comes on the back of news that Ministry of Social Development (MSD) payments to help people on benefits and low incomes with car repairs have tripled in the past six years. MTA Advocacy & Strategy Manager Greig Epps said, “At any given time, around 400,000 vehicles might be unwarranted on New Zealand roads. These are vehicles that are actively registered but have no record of a recent WoF. This is a significant ve...

STUFF Jacinda Ardern and James Shaw on what the Government will do about the Climate Change Commission's draft plan for slashing New Zealand's emissions. ANALYSIS: The beginning of the end of the road is in sight for the petrol car, with the Climate Change Commission tipping 2032 as the year we could ban their import in order to hit our climate change targets. The commission clarifies, by the way, that it sees plug-in hybrids escaping such a ban, so not all imports after that date would be pure EVs, under its thinking. But it is the Government’s Clean Car Standard that will bite sooner.

Press Release – Motor Trade Association Vehicle factors, especially brakes and tyres, are increasingly a contributing factor to fatal crashes on New Zealand roads. This is one of the key findings of the Motor Trade Associations recent analysis of information in the Governments Crash … Vehicle factors, especially brakes and tyres, are increasingly a contributing factor to fatal crashes on New Zealand roads. This is one of the key findings of the Motor Trade Association’s recent analysis of information in the Government’s Crash Analysis System on fatal crashes between 2011 and 2019. �...