13 Mar 2026

Selwyn District gets NZ's first rubber road

From Checkpoint, 4:44 pm on 13 March 2026

New Zealand's first full rubber road has been laid in the Selwyn district.The local council is trialling the surface in Glentunnel with the hope of rolling it out to other parts of the district. Timothy Brown went along to see if it gets the rubber stamp.

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