I wonder if this means current AVI's will be under more scrutiny or NZTA themselves hard to tell?
24th April 2015
The NZ Transport Agency is committed to being a world class regulator. To that end we continually work to improve the way we deliver our regulator services and how we work with our stakeholders.
On behalf of Celia Patrick (Group Manager, Access and Use) I'd like to outline some changes the Transport Agency is making within the Access & Use Group (A&U) as we seek to improve the delivery of our regulatory functions.
The Transport Agency undertook comprehensive reviews of it's Regional and Technical Support teams from mid-2014 in order to assess how we can streamline and improve the way we target our activities, improve the way we deliver our regulatory services, and have greater ability to assess the effectiveness of our work as the regulator of the transport sector.
As a result of the review, we are making changes to the way we work and are recognising some of our staffing functions within our Technical Services and Regional teams to ensure we are able to provide more efficient, timely and fit-for-propose solutions to our customers, that maintain the integrity of the regulatory framework.
Specifically, during the 12 months, the changes will:
Focus resources on areas of greatest need
Improve performance monitoring
Allow us to work more closely with stakeholders to help them meet compliance and safety standards
The changes became effective for our regional teams on 2nd March, and will be effective on 4th May for Technical Serivces.
The Transport Agency has a highly skilled workforce, and over the next few months we'll be empowering a broader group of staff to help you. We'll let you know later this year when these changes take effect.
intrade,
May 6, 2:47pm
i just did read all this and from the first to the last sentence they are actuarly not telling you anything other then suggest they are on the same spirtual level as the almighty God i wonder if they copy pasted all this from the whatch-tower leaflet.
lookoutas,
May 6, 3:30pm
They must be in bed with IAG.
ladatrouble,
May 6, 3:50pm
''Empowering a broader group of staff.'' Sworn in and given a fancy uniform? Or will they just have to have a bigger bum to get the job? Read and ignore.
russ6,
May 6, 3:51pm
"Trust me, I'm from the Government". yeh right.
dublo,
May 6, 3:53pm
They must have a new manager, fresh out of management school! As Intrade says the message doesn't say anything. They will have endless meetings, performance reviews, consultations and so on and produce reams of paper. Jobs will be "disestablished" in the "restructuring" and nothing will improve.
treachug,
May 6, 5:19pm
And wait until they unroll their new look website like the latest Partstrader version out now. what a nightmare to navigate. lol
cammey,
May 6, 5:23pm
NZs worst government department by an arrogant country mile.
gabbysnana,
May 6, 5:27pm
says absolutely nothing but piffle.
lookoutas,
May 6, 5:31pm
I've heard the moans.
franc123,
May 6, 5:31pm
I dunno about that, they'd be level pegging with the IRD and ACC. Terms like World Class Regulators coming from a Govt dept with a jurisdiction the size of NZ's are certainly eyebrow raisers and have associations with individuals and groups that have started world wars in the past. I don't need to expand further on that one!
bashfulbro,
May 6, 5:47pm
Could it mean, that as of May 2nd, they will have more squads out on the roads, doing roadside audits and safety checks ?. This was going to happen along with the changes to the WOF scheme.
cammey,
May 6, 6:22pm
So when I'm late for my flight, I will be obligated to wait while some NZTA inspector pulls me over to inspect my fully warranted vehicle then ?
snoopy221,
May 6, 6:54pm
24th April 2015
The changes became effective for our regional teams on 2nd March, and will be effective on 4th May for Technical Serivces.
We'll let you know later this year when these changes take effect.
Ya juss gotz ta lurve THIS YEAR.
Serivces. DO YA DO THEM ZEPH-LOL Are they as nondescript as the letter? reminds me of the add about going up through the sump to clean the dirty spark plugs
NZ Transport Agency Group Manager Access and Use Celia Patrick says it is pleasing to see vehicle manufacturers continuing to raise the bar for safety, as the advanced safety features like those offered by the Honda Jazz are potential lifesavers.
"We're aiming for a truly safe transport system that is more forgiving of human error, so no-one pays with their life when a driver makes a mistake, and safer vehicles are a key part of a safe system. Multiple airbag packages can prevent serious injuries in a crash, and active safety features like ABS, EBD and ESC can prevent many crashes from happening in the first place."
baaaaa
franc123,
May 6, 9:35pm
Baaaa indeed, even their own propaganda can't help mentioning the lead problem here, and that's the problem they don't want to address, these 'mistakes' wouldn't involve decades worth of disinterested people being put through a minimalist driver training programme with low achievement targets set by any chance would it? These safe vehicles the Govt wants us all to drive don't solve that.
martin11,
May 7, 4:46am
Perhaps they are looking at the systems overseas where if you are pulled up on a roadside check and the vehicle is not up to the required standard i.e WOF standards , they take the plates off and you have to park it up and arrange transport for yourselves and the vehicle . The plates are returned to you later when the vehicle has been brought up to standard and checked .
delmic,
May 7, 7:48am
Its called Newspeak and it straight out of 1984 the book. Its a form of bull sh1t. All Gov dept now use it. I think they learn it at Uni as well. Goes well with PC garbage and social engineering.
tintop,
May 7, 8:26am
Yes - its a bloody awful way of trying to present something useful is gong to be done.
I went through a couple of re-organisations at the place I worked.
They bought in a couple of presenters to explain it to the staff.
The whole lot went over a most of the staff - they were really none the wiser and went away puzzled.
The presentation to the engineers was the same.
But the only first and final question from the engineers was ' So you want less of us to do more with less resources? '
zephyrheaven,
May 7, 11:33am
whole load of frontbums running everything now with no experience in the field , ah well - should make for some more stress and sweat for AVIC's all over the place ha ha
bashfulbro,
May 7, 11:41am
Yes, that`s pretty much how it works now , and has been for many years for Heavy Motor Vehicles , and i am picking, this will definitely be the case for lighter vehicles too, now that the WOF checks have been stretched out. I can take my truck for a check and get a new COF issued at VTNZ. today, 5 minutes later, on the way home, be stopped by CVIU at a weigh bridge checked over, by their mechanics, and my brand new COF cancelled and my truck pink stickered, along with a list of hefty fines. It makes one wonder why we have COF checks. The change to extended WOF was always going to have some side effects. The Government are hungry at present, they need to widen the income net, and this, because it can be said to be in the interests of safety, and the average NZ motorist, has absolutely ,no idea, when it comes to maintaining cars,. This ,will be a gold mine for Government.
intrade,
May 7, 12:52pm
the whole thing is a joke people get dumber and dumber world wide and to fix the stupidity the governments make more revenue from all the dumb people to keep them whats that word again i forgot already . Ah yea "Safe" god only knows what that word actuarly is suposed to mean probably stands for give us all your money.
mrfxit,
May 7, 12:58pm
I think I prefer the term "ballchinians"
melonhead1,
May 7, 1:04pm
WOFs suck. Its stressful waiting there, wondering why they're taking so long inspecting my car and thinking "whats wrong this time". Its taking years off my life.
elect70,
May 7, 1:06pm
Meaningless goobledegook . Perhaps they mean they are going to require all import s to have ABS EBD& ESC , whatever it sure wont mean anything good for the citizens ,bound to be more regulation .
bjmh,
May 7, 1:13pm
you should walk in the inspectors shoes when he has to do an audit with NZTA,wondering what new b/s random thing they are getting a hard on about.Talk about move the goal posts,these dudes have a totally different field to play on. aww and the price for wof will remain the same. tui moment
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