NZ TRANSPORT AGENCY - CONSULTATION OPEN ON MAORI BILINGUAL TRAFFIC SIGNS PROGRAMME

Lee (Lianne) from Glenview

How could we ever forget the complete and utter waste of taxpayers/ratepayers money spent by the Hamilton City Council and the NZ Transport Agency on the Innovating Streets programme? Bearing this in mind, and the increasingly poor condition of many of our roads which require massive amounts of funding to repair, last week the transport agency announced that its He Tohu Huarahi Māori Bilingual Traffic Signs programme was going out for public consultation. If successful, it would result in destination signs, public and active transport signs, walking and cycling signs, general advisory and warning signs, plus motorway and expressway signs being replaced with bilingual versions.

To assist those who wish to make a submission, I have copied the following information from the NZ Transport Agency's website at www.nzta.govt.nz...

"HOW TO MAKE A SUBMISSION

All feedback counts equally so you can share your views:
by email to rules@nzta.govt.nz
or via the online form to make a technical submission at nzta.au1.qualtrics.com...

Submissions can be made in English or te reo Māori.

Please include the following information in your e-mailed submission:

the title of this consultation
your name, and title if applicable
your organisation’s name if applicable
your email address (preferred) or postal address.

The deadline for submissions is 5pm, Friday 30 June 2023.

Please note your submission may become publicly available. Waka Kotahi may publish any information you submit and may identify you as the submitter if your submission is published or given to a third party.

Please clearly indicate if your comments are commercially sensitive or, if for some other reason, they should not be disclosed, or the reason why you should not be identified as the submitter. Any request for non-disclosure will be considered under the Official Information Act 1982."