Transit New Zealand
Agency overview
Formed	1 October 1989
Preceding Agencies	National Roads Board   Main Highways Board
Jurisdiction	New Zealand government
Headquarters	Level 2 Victoria Arcade 42-44 Victoria Street Wellington New Zealand
Employees	450 (2008)
Annual Budget	over $1 billion NZD (2008)
Ministers Responsible	Annette King, Minister of Transport   Judith Tizard, Associate Minister of Transport
Agency Executives	Bryan Jackson, JP, Acting Chairperson   Rick van Barneveld, Chief Executive
Parent agency	Ministry of Transport
Website
www.transit.govt.nz

Transit New Zealand (Māori: Ararau Aotearoa) is the New Zealand Crown entity responsible for operating and planning the New Zealand State Highway network (10,894 km, about 12% of New Zealand's roads). Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The politics of New Zealand takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic Monarchy. The New Zealand dollar ( sign: $; code: NZD) is the Currency of New Zealand. Early life King was born in Murchison, a town in the Tasman region of the South Island. The Ministry of Transport (In Maori: Te Manatū Waka) is the New Zealand Government's principal transport policy adviser Judith Tizard (Born 3 January 1956) is a New Zealand politician New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Throughout the Commonwealth realms The Crown is an abstract metonymic concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government The New Zealand State Highway network is the major national highway network in New Zealand. In this function, it also concerns itself with local developments close to the State Highways, as it considers the potential additional traffic these would create. In its function it is also responsible for highway landscaping.

Transit NZ has come under some criticism for being 'anti-development'. It often lodges objections to (or requires substantial consultation and mitigating measures for) resource consent applications which in its opinion create safety or capacity problems on close-by motorways (such as large retail developments like Sylvia Park). Sylvia Park is a large Business park and shopping centre in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Wellington. ^[1]

Contents 1 Structure 2 History 3 References 4 External links

Structure

Transit has an annual operating budget of over NZ$1 billion and about 450 staff, with much of its actual planning and design work contracted out to construction companies and consultancies. Almost all of its funding is approved by the government's land transport funding agency Land Transport New Zealand through the National Land Transport Programme. Until 1996 Transit approved subsidies for passenger transport services contracted by regional councils, before this was devolved to Transfund (now Land Transport New Zealand).

However, government has now (2007) proposed that Land Transport New Zealand and Transit New Zealand be merged again, with some functions devolved to the Ministry of Transport. ^[2]

History

Transit New Zealand is the successor of two similar previous entities. The Main Highways Board was created on 1 April 1924, to facilitate the overall planning and control of roads on a national basis, especially arterial routes. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It came under the control of the Public Works Department. The New Zealand Ministry of Works, formerly the Department of Public Works and sometimes referred to as the Public Works Department or PWD was founded in 1876 and After World War II, the National Roads Board was formed. During this time, deferred maintenance and a great need for bridge works were complicated by a lack of manpower, plant and materials at a time when traffic volumes rose steeply and rural areas were opened up to road traffic. ^[3]

During the economic reforms of the 1980s direct Government control of service provision was reduced, and new methods of providing for roads were developed. On 1 April 1988, the Ministry of Works and Development was corporatised while National Roads Board's operational arm - Roading Division - was incorporated into the Ministry of Transport. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) After 1 October 1989 it became Transit New Zealand. Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) ^[3]

References

External links

• Transit New Zealand (Official website)

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