South Island · Te Waipounamu
From Picton to the Bluff, Lazi is how South Island carriers and shippers share capacity. Each hub has its own corridors, its own freight type, its own catchment — and they all talk to each other through the same matching network.
The local hubs, end to end
Pick yours. Each hub has its own dedicated page covering the corridors, the kinds of freight that move, and the carriers that live there.
Nelson-Marlborough
Top of the South. Picton ferries, Blenheim wine country, and Nelson port flow into the rest of the island and onto the Cook Strait crossing.
Also covers Blenheim, Picton, Motueka.
Go deeper on Nelsonthe West Coast
Greymouth, Westport, Hokitika — long-haul corridors east via Arthurs Pass + the Buller. Real backload territory; trucks come back through Lewis Pass loaded with whatever needs to move.
Also covers Westport, Hokitika.
Go deeper on GreymouthCanterbury
The biggest South Island catchment. Christchurch port, Ashburton dairy, Timaru coastal — the haul corridors fan north, south, and west across the Plains.
Also covers Ashburton, Timaru, Rangiora, Selwyn.
Go deeper on ChristchurchOtago
Coastal Otago. Dunedin port, Mosgiel manufacturing, the Catlins. Different network from Central Otago — 250 km of pass road between them.
Also covers Balclutha, Mosgiel, Ōamaru.
Go deeper on DunedinCentral Otago and the Lakes
Queenstown, Wānaka, Cromwell, Alexandra — the alpine + lakes basin. Tourism, viticulture, stone fruit, and the trucks that supply them. Inbound from Christchurch over the Lindis, outbound south through Gore.
Also covers Queenstown, Wānaka, Cromwell, Alexandra.
Go deeper on Central OtagoSouthland
Invercargill, Gore, Bluff. The deep south — port at Bluff, agricultural backbone, and the long runs north to the rest of the country.
Also covers Gore.
Go deeper on InvercargillThe whole network
Trucks running empty between the hubs are matched to loads going the same way — Greymouth east, Queenstown north, Invercargill back up the SH1. The map opposite shows the corridors that move freight today.
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