abstract:Transit New Zealand (Māori: Ararau Aotearoa) was, from 1989 to 2008, the New Zealand Crown entity responsible for operating and planning the New Zealand State Highway network (10,894 km, about 12% of New Zealand's roads). It also concerned itself with developments close to State Highways, as it considered the potential additional traffic that these would create, and it was responsible for State Highway landscaping.
Mr Bainimarama blames his no-show on New Zealand's refusal to give him more than a transit visa to pass through Auckland airport (enforcing a travel ban imposed after the coup in December 2006).