Roche to leave Waka Kotahi-NZTA

Sir Brian Roche will finish his role as chairman of Waka Kotahi-NZTA,

Stuff understands, leaving at the end of his current term in June next year. He will have spent three years in the job. Roche was Waka

Kotahi’s first chairman, following its establishment in

2008, and was reappointed to the board in 2019 by then transport minister Phil Twyford following a tumultuous period of change. The Government has seen three chairs of Waka Kotahi-NZTA – Chris Moller, Michael Stiassny and Roche – since it took office in 2017. Dame Fran Wilde and Nick Rogers also served as interim leaders. It contrasts with the previous Government, which saw Moller take over from Roche in 2011 and serve out the rest of the term.