2026 Winners

Presented at the Transportation Conference 2026 Dinner
at the Dominion Museum Building.

The Trafinz awards recognise those organisations, individuals or communities that have made an outstanding contribution and have demonstrated leadership in transportation safety and sustainability in NZ. There are awards for:

  • Road safety leadership

  • Sustainable transport leadership

Each submission is required to demonstrate extremely high levels of their:

  • Leadership

  • Level of innovation

  • Sound research and technical basis

  • Extent of benefits achieved and to whom

  • Community engagement

  • Ability to be adopted and applied more widely throughout NZ

Trafinz Road Safety Leadership Award Winner
Embedding Safe System Practice Across New Zealand, Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd & NZ Transport Agency

Ken Beer, Safe System Solutions & Jessica Rattray, NZ Transport Agency with Trafinz President, Paul Barker.

read full details about the project here

Trafinz Sustainability Leadership Award - Finalists

  • Protected Intersection - Onepu and Rongotai Road Intersection, Wellington City Council

  • Access Quest - Community-led pedestrian safety data and personalised safe-route navigation, Access Quest

Trafinz Sustainability Leadership Award Winner
Wellington City Council Bike Network Plan, Wellington City Council

Paul Barker & Vida Christeller from Wellington City Council with Trafinz Treasurer, Robyn Denton.

read full details about the project here

Trafinz Road Safety Leadership Award - Finalists

  • Delivering way safer streets, a way safer way, Christchurch City Council & Isaac Construction

  • New Zealand’s first school street - a community led safe system solution, Auckland Transport & Marlborough Primary School

  • Safe System Options Assessment Tool, Hamilton City Council

  • Access Quest - Community-led pedestrian safety data and personalised safe-route navigation, Access Quest