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In safe hands - Jeff Mear

WHEN IT COMES TO THE NEW ZEALAND Trailer-building industry, the Mear family name ranks up there as one of the best. However, 'second-generation' Jeff Mear is not only proud to be carrying on the...


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Market steadies post-COVID

New Zealand’s new truck market steadied in June as the country returned – on the home front at least – to something approaching normal in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Double Coin Imaging Awards

More than a truck
Running a fleet of trucks was, definitively, not what Aucklander Mark Geor's business was all about.Rock and Rubble was established in late 2015 to provide cleanfill removal and tipping servi...

NZ Truck & Driver Magazine
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This week Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown released his manifesto, Auckland, A City for Two Million. It opens with the line:...
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NZTD News | Posted 29-10-2026 Daytime closures for State Highway 60 Tākaka Hill chipsealing
Summer is on the way and so too is annual chipsealing work for State Highway 60 Tākaka Hill. Every year before...
NZTD News | Posted 29-10-2026 Mill Road Stage 1 lodged through the Fast-track process
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi is progressing Mill Road Stage 1 Road of National Significance (RoNS) through the Fast-track Approvals...
NZTD News | Posted 29-10-2026 New Zealand First announces ten-point rail policy
New Zealand First will continue to deliver the goods for rail by maintaining and improving the national network, removing bottlenecks,...
NZTD News | Posted 29-10-2026 NZ Post - 100 EVs and counting
Delivery Partners operating within NZ Post’s last mile network continue to make the shift to EVs, surpassing the milestone of...
NZTD News | Posted 29-10-2026 NZTA Rolling Out Smaller Speed/Safety Cameras
NZTA will soon start using a new, smaller mobile safety camera trailer to detect speeding.  These smaller trailers are joining...
NZTD News | Posted 29-10-2026 State Highway 2 Hutt Valley works planned
The state highway summer maintenance programme is stepping up in the Hutt Valley, with resurfacing planned at multiple locations along...
NZTD News | Posted 29-10-2026 Volvo’s Truck of the Year 2027 Showcased at Road Freight Decarbonisation Event
Linfox welcomed organisations from across the industry to their Auckland distribution centre for the second Road Freight Decarbonisation Update, hosted...

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