When a train passes a stop signal without proper authorisation (a ‘Signal Passed at Danger’ or SPAD), it risks derailment and/or collision with other rail vehicles and track workers. In New Zealand, ...

Watchlist 2026 identifies the safety issues of greatest and most immediate concern to the Commission and calls for stronger rail protection, coordinated action at level crossings, and action on ...

Strategies to promote safety in New Zealand’s recreational boating sector focus on encouraging self-reliance and skipper responsibility through safety awareness and education. Strategies to promote ...

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has published an interim report as part of its ongoing investigation into an incident involving a passenger train on the Johnsonville line north ...

Across the aviation, rail, and maritime transport modes, tracking and locating technologies offer ways to improve people’s chances of avoiding or surviving an accident or incident and ensuring they ...

Regulators need to scale their oversight to match how much an operator's risk profile is changing and they need to guard against getting too close to the operators they regulate. This is the core ...

An Air New Zealand ATR72 aircraft experienced an engine fire as it approached Wellington Airport, prompting a mayday, safe landing and evacuation of all passengers and crew with no serious injuries.

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has published its final report into an engine fire and evacuation involving an Air New Zealand ATR72-600 on approach to Wellington on 1 September ...

Regulators need to scale their oversight to match how much an operator's risk profile is changing and they need to guard against getting too close to the operators they regulate. TAIC reports on a de ...