From mid-2025 NZTA’s state highway speed management focus is on:
We're considering current and future speed limit change requests between now and 2027 as part of our assessment process.
Any proposed speed limit changes must align with the Rule and can only be progressed once funding is available to plan, consult, set and implement a changed speed limit. Note funding is limited this National Land Transport Programme 2024-27.
If a proposed speed limit change progresses, the final decision will be informed by technical factors, safety and cost analysis, public consultation outcomes and required approvals.
Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024
2024-27 National Land Transport Programme
Please use the drop-down filter below to select speed limit reviews by region.
Current limit: 80km/h
Proposed limit: 60km/h
Road type: state highway
We sought public feedback on a proposal to reduce the 80km/h speed limit on State Highway 3 (SH3), from north of Vickers Road to east of the Egmont Road intersection in Waiwhakaiho, to 60km/h to improve safety. This will extend the existing 60km/h speed limit further north of New Plymouth.
Consultation closed: Friday 10 October 2025.
Current limits: various
Proposed limits: various
Road type: state highways
We’re consulting on some state highway locations on the Coromandel Peninsula (SH25), Waihī and Karangahake (SH2), variable speed limits outside 2 marae on SH27 and SH29 and an Intersection Speed Zone (ISZ) near Hamilton Airport (SH21 / Raynes Road) in the Waikato region, as part of a proposal to set lower speed limits that have been requested by the community.
Consultation closed: Friday 3 October 2025.
Current limit: 100km/h
Proposed limits: 110km/h
Road type: expressway
We consulted to ask your thoughts on proposed new speed limits of 110km/h for Transmission Gully and Raumati Straights.
Consultation closed: Thursday 10 July 2025.
Current limits: various
Proposed limits: various
Road type: urban connector
Read the outcome of these speed reviews in some regions, consulted on with the public during April and May, 2025.
