Photo: Stephen JaquieryUnsafe vehicles are on the road due to the NZ Transport Agency's failure to monitor the companies that certify vehicle safety. Lawyers have been called in to review 850 cases of compliance after NZTA failed to properly check companies that certify vehicles as safe for road use. NZTA had failed in its duty to properly check the companies that certify vehicles as safe for the road, and other services. Law firm Meredith Connell had been brought in by the NZTA board to review 850 open compliance files. NZTA board chairman Michael Stiassny said the way the agency had been working had allowed the certifying companies to set the agenda.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 14, 2018 20:48 UTC