Traffic notes provide traffic safety information and guidance which may apply to all types of roads. They are intended for people/organisations that control, design, build or manage roads in New Zealand.
| No | Issued or updated |
Title | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 2011 (revision 3) | Pedestrian crossings | Requirements | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 2 | Dec 2004 (revision 1) | Platforms as crossing points | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 3 | Jun 1998 | 1998 Amendment to Traffic Regulations 1976 | Requirements | Withdrawn Jan 2011 |
| 4 |
Dec 2004 (revision 1)
|
Land Transport New Zealand roading-related publications | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 5 | Jun 1998 | Road safety surveys | Information | Withdrawn May 2010 |
| 6 | Dec 2004 (revision 1) | Agreement of lane-use signs and road markings | Requirements | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 7 |
Sep 2006 (revision 1 |
Guide to heavy vehicle management (RTS16) published | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 8 | July 1998 | 'Ice/grit' supplementary sign | Guidelines | Withdrawn Jan 2011 |
| 9 | Dec 2004 | Railway level crossing signs and markings Replaced by Traffic control devices manual, part 9 Level crossings |
Guidelines | Withdrawn May 2010 |
| 10 | Jan 2011 (revision 3) | Trials of traffic control devices [PDF, 63 KB] | Guidelines | Active |
| 11 | Dec 2004 (revision 1) | No-passing lines against flush medians [PDF, 23 KB] | Guidelines | Active |
| 12 | Nov 2004 (revision 3) | Approval of reflective material for traffic signs | Information | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 13 | Nov 1998 | 1998 Road Safety Survey Reports | Information | Withdrawn May 2010 |
| 14 | Sep 2010 (revision 4) | Approved trials of traffic control devices [PDF, 22 KB]
|
Information | Active |
| 15 | Jul 2004 (revision 1) | Use of temporary speed limits for temporary hazards and special events | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 16 | Oct 1999 | 1999 Road safety surveys | Information | Withdrawn May 2010 |
| 17 | Oct 1999 | Traffic control devices on private roads [PDF, 17 KB] | Information | Active |
| 18 |
Oct 1999 |
Traffic information signs: Black on white background | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 19 | Apr 2005 (revision 1) | Engine braking controls [PDF, 30 KB] | Guidelines | Active |
| 20 | Apr 2005 (revision 1) | Truck crashes and advisory speeds [PDF, 24 KB] | Information | Active |
| 21 |
May 2000 |
Signs and markings for passing lanes | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 22 |
May 2000 |
New NZ/Australian road lighting standard | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 23 | May 2000 | Speed indicator devices [PDF, 27 KB] | Guideline | Active |
| 24 | May 2000 | Railway Level Crossing Guideline published. This document was superseded in December 2008 by Traffic control devices manual, part 9, Level crossings |
Information | Withdrawn Feb 2010 |
| 25 |
Dec 2004 (revision 1) |
Retroreflective raised pavement markers | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 26 |
Jan 2001 |
Fluorescent retro-reflective traffic sign material | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 27 | Jan 2001 | 2000 Road Safety Survey Reports | Information | Withdrawn May 2010 |
| 28 | Dec 2004 (revision 1) | Pedestrian crossings and school crossing points on roads with speed limits of 60km/h or more | Requirements | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 29 |
Dec 2004 (revision 2) |
School crossing points ('kea crossings') | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 30 |
Jan 2011 (revision 4) |
Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 31 | Sep 2005 (revision 3) | Exemptions to requirements for passenger service and dangerous goods vehicles at rail level crossings | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 32 | Aug 2001 | Use of fluorescent material on traffic signs [PDF, 24 KB] | Guidelines | Active |
| 33 | Feb 2002 | 2001 Road Safety Survey reports | Information | Withdrawn Feb 2010 |
| 34 | Feb 2002 | Signing of steep grades | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 35 | Dec 2004 (revision 1) | Guidelines for urban-rural thresholds [PDF, 24 KB] | Information | Active |
| 36 |
Jan 2011 (revision 5) |
Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 37 | Jun 2005 (revision 1) | 40km/h variable speed limits in school zones | Guidelines | Withdrawn May 2011 |
| 38 | Sep 2005 (revision 2) | Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2003 | Requirements | Withdrawn Sep 2005 |
| 39 |
Sep 2003 |
Overdimension permit notifications to road controlling authorities | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 40 |
Dec 2003 |
Revision of Guidelines for facilities for blind and vision-impaired pedestrians | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 41 | Jun 2004 | Level crossings on out of service railway lines | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 42 | Sep 2006 (revision 2) | Work sites at or near level crossings | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 43 | June 2004 | Speed limits less than 50 km/h | Guidelines | Withdrawn Jun 2004 |
| 44 |
Dec 2004 |
Safe siting of school bus stops | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 45 | Dec 2004 | Temporary masking of traffic signs [PDF, 21 KB] | Information | Active |
| 46 | Dec 2004 | Voluntary traffic surveys | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 47 | Dec 2004 | Class C road classification [PDF, 11 KB] | Information | Active |
| 48 | Dec 2004 | Light vehicle sizes and dimensions: street survey results and parking space requirements [PDF, 27 KB] | Information | Active |
| 49 | Dec 2004 | Limit line and Give Way markings | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 50 |
Jan 2011 |
Marking and signing of roundabouts | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 51 | Jan 2011 | Parking signs and marking [PDF, 53 KB] | Information | Active |
| 52 |
Jan 2005 |
School traffic safety team manual | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 53 |
Jan 2005 |
Revision of guidelines for road safety audit and the treatment of crash locations | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 54 | Apr 2005 | Linear delineation panels | Guidelines | Withdrawn 15 Dec 2025 |
| 55 |
Sep 2006 |
Review and replacement of the Manual of Traffic Signs and Markings | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 56 | Jan 2011 (revision 1) | Active school warning signs | Guidelines | Withdrawn Jan 2011 |
| 57 | Sep 2008 | Active warning signs (not at schools) [PDF, 132 KB] |
Guidelines | Active |
| 58 |
Feb 2010 |
Traffic signs approved by the Agency (March 2008 to February 2010) Gazette notices:
|
Guidelines | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 59 |
Jan 2011 |
On-roadway flashing light pedestrian crossing warning | Information | Withdrawn 16 Oct 2025 |
| 60 | Jan 2011 | Roundabout metering signals [PDF, 99 KB] | Information | Active |
| 61 | Sep 2011 | Safe System approach rural speed management – information | Information | Withdrawn Oct 2011 |
| 62 | May 2022 | Intersection Speed Zones – guidelines and requirements [PDF, 758 KB] | Guidelines | Active |
