GITI Tyres Big Test -Rock Solid
Once again New Zealand Truck & Driver has headed east to go west. Towards the East Coast to test a new Western Star that is.
This is the third time since 2018 a Big Test story has started from Napier for the test of a Western Star. But this time the product is all-new – the very first of the new generation X-Series models to go to work in New Zealand.
The 48X in Day Cab 8x4 spec belongs to Napier-based Berkett Earthmovers. It went to work a couple of weeks before Christmas,...
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Licence exemption to boost BEV productivity
A new driver licensing
exemption should offer greater scope to introduce light-duty battery electric (BEV) truck models to New Zealand business.
NZTA published the Exemptio...
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
New Transport Minister doesn’t disappoint
I recently had a meeting with new Transport Minister Chris Bishop and I was impressed by his attitude.
It was at the transport industry forum which as a quarterly meeting sta...
Fleet Focus
The University of Penrose
It was only 15 years ago when Jack Tutill would plead with his father John to take a day off from high school – so he could ride along in one of the olive green Tutill Carriers tru...
Southpac Legends
Teamwork - on the job and on the pitch Darrell Hoskin - Dave Hoskin Carriers
Not only does Darrell Hoskin of Dave Hoskin Carriers believe in teamwork within his business, but the former Whanganui and Harlequins rugby player is evidently a big fan of it on a...
Recently Registered
Still slow on both fronts
New truck registrations continue to make a slow start to 2025 with February numbers well down on the same month last year, and the trailer segment is also performing at a slower p...
Double Coin Imaging Awards
A Modern Tribute
A unique and eye-catching colour scheme for a new DAF CF 530 livestock unit is keeping the well-known Soppet’s name and colours on the road.
Twins Rodney and Lindsay Soppet ...
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