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New Northland MP Grant McCallum says people in the region have had enough of road closures.

Rural Communities Minister Kieran McAnulty says rural communities will benefit from education and transport funding announced in today’s budget.

A new calf trailer, from Mid Canterbury manufacturer Plucks, claims to improve calf welfare during transport, particularly with regards to injury and risk of infection.

Visiting the Fieldays this week? It may pay to leave your car home.

RURAL CONTRACTORS ARE being urged to get themselves up-to-date with changes to transport regulations around the use of agricultural machinery.

For Darfield tanker operator Rowly Stewart it's hard not to get attached to a tanker you've driven for six years – especially when you've travelled the equivalent of getting to the moon and back - twice.

New Zealand trucking operators are paying more than double the amount in road taxes for some heavy vehicles compared to their Australian counterparts and that has a direct impact on freight costs for farmers, says Road Transport Forum chief executive officer Ken Shirley.

DEER TRANSPORT operators, and consequently their customers, face a leap in costs due to the new road user charge (RUC) system.