Roads of National Significance (RoNS) was a name given by the Fifth National Government, to a programme to speed up road construction in New Zealand between 2009 and 2017.

The Fifth National Government of New Zealand was the government of New Zealand for three parliamentary terms from 19 November 2008 to 26 October 2017. John Key served as National Leader and Prime Minister until December 2016, after which Bill English assumed the premiership until the National Government's defeat following the October 2017 government-forming negotiations.