Watchlist 2026 identifies the safety issues of greatest and most immediate concern to the Commission and calls for stronger rail protection, coordinated action at level crossings, and action on recreational boating knowledge and impairment ahead of summer.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has published an interim report as part of its ongoing investigation into an incident involving a passenger train on the Johnsonville line north of Wellington on 6 June 2026.
The Commission has released an interim report on its investigation into the 6 June 2026 passenger train incident on Wellington’s Johnsonville Line.
TAIC reports on a de Haviland Q300 aircraft that descended below minimum safe altitude on approach to Timaru at night in June 2023.
Regulators need to scale their oversight to match how much an operator's risk profile is changing and they need to guard against getting too close to the operators they regulate.
An Air New Zealand ATR72 aircraft experienced an engine fire as it approached Wellington Airport, prompting a mayday, safe landing and evacuation of all passengers and crew with no serious injuries. The fire was caused by a crack in a turbine blade that caused the blade to break.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has published its final report into an engine fire and evacuation involving an Air New Zealand ATR72-600 on approach to Wellington on 1 September 2024.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission is investigating an accident involving a heritage train at Te Awamutu railway station in which one person died.
The Commission has released an Interim Report as part of its ongoing investigation into a helicopter striking terrain and crash on Mercury Peak in Mt Aspiring National Park on 17 May 2026.
New lifejacket rules are an important step forward, but TAIC says more work is needed to keep recreational boaters safe.
On 8 May 2025, a Northbound passenger train approached a worksite near Plimmerton at 62 km/h. The trainee locomotive engineer saw two workers were on the track ahead, applied the emergency brake and stopped about 5 metres from where the workers had been. Nobody was hurt.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission today published its final report about a near miss incident involving a passenger train entering the worksite of a track maintenance team at Plimmerton.