Road Transport Forum New Zealand is the authoritative voice of the road transport industry in New Zealand. It was created as a national body in 1997 to responsibly promote and advance the interest of the road transport industry and its member road transport operators. Its aim is to help build a New Zealand in which the industry, and the businesses and communities it serves, can grow and prosper.

The Forum also exists to build wider public awareness and understanding of the contribution road transport makes to the lives of all New Zealanders.

Over 80 percent of commercial road transport operators in New Zealand are members of the Forum. It acts for everyone involved in the industry: owner drivers, fleet operators, in-house road transport operators and suppliers of goods and services to the road transport industry, regardless of size, location or type of business.

Operators automatically become members of the Forum by joining any of the Forum’s seven constituent associations servicing the needs of operators throughout the country.

Our Purpose
The Forum exists to:

• Represent the interests of road transport operators nationally
• Work with national and local government to further the development of an efficient and cost effective road transport sector
• Respond to Government initiatives affecting the industry
• Actively promote on members’behalf measures to encourage further development of the road transport sector with key policy setting and enforcing Government departments. These include the Ministry of Transport, the Land Transport Safety Authority, Transfund NZ and Transit NZ
• Strive to develop greater knowledge among transport policy decisionmakers and the wider community of road transport’s integral role in keeping New Zealanders and the economy moving and of the responsible and professional approach members take in fulfilling this role
• Keep members fully informed on matters affecting their businesses and the industry as a whole
• Maintain regular communications with members to hear and understand their views and aspirations
• Encourage new entrants by supporting the industry’s training organisation

Road Transport Forum NZ Board Of Directors

2009/2010 Road Transport Forum Board of Directors Left to right:  M Wareing, S Doughty, D Dumbar, C Turner, K Winsloe, J Hickman (Chairman), P Sutherland, G Carroll, C Bonney

Forum Staff

Left to right: Helen Slater (Secretary), Deirdre Doyle (Accountant), Clive Litt (Communications Manager), Ken Shirley (Chief Executive Officer), Kerry Arnold (Technical Manager), Mark Ngatuere (Senior Technical Adviser), Leighann Johnston (Receptionist)

Email: forum@rtfnz.co.nz