This is our first annual report against the progress of Te kāpehu. Te kāpehu sets a vision of a land transport system that connects people, places and products for a thriving Aotearoa New Zealand.
Using our performance framework to track our progress, we can tell that we’ve worked with our partners to invest in and deliver activities that will make a difference. Over time, we expect these will contribute to positive changes to our long-term system outcomes.
Progress has been made toward reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured in the land transport system. To sustain the decreasing trend and achieve the 40% Road to Zero reduction target, we’ll need to work with our partners to lift delivery performance across several areas.
We also launched the Road to Zero public awareness campaign, aimed at changing the conversation about road safety in Aotearoa.
We played a lead role in shaping the government’s first Emissions Reduction Plan, which will help us work toward our target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the land transport system.
Following the implementation of the Clean Car Discount and other clean car initiatives, more low and no carbon vehicles were registered in Aotearoa. Overall, there has been a 7.5% increase in the low and no carbon light vehicles since 2020.
We also reduced our corporate emissions from staff travel for the second year in a row.
We began developing Tiro Rangi, our first climate change adaption plan. Implementing Tiro Rangi will help keep communities connected and safe by improving the climate resilience of the network.
We also started implementing our freight action plan and began updating the plan to reflect industry feedback and the Emissions Reduction Plan.
Despite the significant challenges faced due to the impacts of COVID-19, we achieved important significant capital project milestones, including the opening of Te Aranui o Te Rangihaeata Transmission Gully and the Northern Busway extension.
We worked with our partners to develop a better understanding of the skills, funding and systems we need to keep working effectively toward our vision.
The findings of our survey of how we can improve responsiveness to Māori will help us build on the work we’ve already done to become an effective Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner.
We made good progress on strengthening our regulatory performance, but still have more work ahead of us to embed the changes we want to make.
We developed a clearer view of what we need to ensure we’re funded sustainably but need to do more work on measuring this robustly.
Ngā mātāpono (our values) and our behaviours shape our culture and influence how we work and how we engage with iwi, partners, stakeholders and communities.
In 2021/22 we provided extra support to our people during the COVID-19 pandemic and extended Auckland lockdown. We ensured staff were supported to work from home, offered guidance on COVID-19 response changes as they happened, and made masks and rapid antigen tests available. Flexible working has also become a standard part of how we operate.
