Safety
Media releases about safety issues.
10 December 2021
Never leave your children or pets in a parked vehicle: AA and SPCA’s warning to public
As the days are getting hotter, the AA and SPCA are reminding motorists to never leave their children or pets in parked cars - no matter where or how the car is parked, and not even for 5 minutes.
7 December 2021
Alcohol interlocks prevent near 40,000 attempts to drive
Alcohol interlocks in the cars of high-risk drunk drivers stopped 37,061 attempts to use the vehicle in 2020.
6 November 2021
AA DRIVEN NZ Car of the Year makes a 2021 comeback
After a year hiatus, the AA DRIVEN New Zealand Car of the Year is returning for 2021.
21 October 2021
AA hopes for first fatality free Labour weekend
The AA does not want to see any repeat of the tragic last Labour weekend on the roads this year.
27 September 2021
Speed limit changes must make sense to people
Speed limit proposals need to match the look and feel of the road to be most successful.
7 September 2021
AA’s call for more maintenance answered – AA Northland
AA Northland welcomes the Government’s decision to top up the funding available for much needed road maintenance work in the region.
7 September 2021
New road maintenance funding as valuable as gold bricks - AA
The AA welcomes the Government’s decision to provide additional funding to revitalise road maintenance across the country.
17 July 2021
Plenty of questions still to be answered on Golden Mile car ban - AA
Banning private cars from Wellington’s Golden Mile is what the AA expected Let’s Get Wellington Moving’s decision makers to opt for and the challenge they will now have is implementing the change in a way that will work well for people.
13 July 2021
Good mix of carrot and stick in clean car package - AA
The Government’s actions to increase New Zealand’s uptake of low-emissions vehicles announced today is a well-balanced and positive package, says the AA.
10 June 2021
Making NZ’s current vehicles greener critical to emissions goals - AA
Achieving the future targets for reducing transport emissions just released by the Climate Change Commission will need more focus on what New Zealand can do in the present, says the Automobile Association.