We rely on the trucks to get a big percentage of goods to our neck of the woods,as the governments in the past have let the railways get run down,and in some areas,closed down.To get anything railed into our province from Auckland,it has to go further south,then come back up to our province..We do have a line from New Plymouth to places south of here which is mainly used by the dairy company to ship milk product back up to the port,and for general cargo,if you aint in a hurry,which I guess is what its all about..For the main freight up and down the country,trucks are used,its the only reliable transport in the country,as it took too long to freight anything by rail,and IF it turned up,it could be damaged anyway,and usually took three times longer than it should,besides that,the more trucks on the road,the more repairs I might get...oops,did I say that??