GITI Tyres Big Test: Against the Wind
This truck is shaped by wind tunnel design and is often working fully loaded into the real world equivalent – a southerly blasting off Foveaux Strait and head-on into anything travelling on the final southern stretch of State Highway 1.
Two new Freightliner Cascadia 126 Day Cab 6x4s have recently been added to the Southland-based King’s Log Transport (KLT) fleet.
Their “chip liner” task is a simple and repetitive one – a 35km round trip, typically 10 times a day...
Aeolus Truck & Driver News
Isuzu ready for new model launches
The local roll-out of
new generation Isuzu models across the light- and medium-duty truck segments begins in August.
Both the N Series and F Series line-ups are set for sig...
Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand
Making the most of difficult times
There’s an old Chinese saying, or curse: “May you live in interesting times.”
We’re lucky not to have war or civil unrest here, but we live in a time of global economic uncer...
Fleet Focus
Fleet Focus; Fueled for the Future
Delivering fuel to where it’s needed – whether it’s to keep farm, forestry and civil equipment working, send a luxury cruise ship to its next destination, or to restock a busy petr...
Southpac Legends
Heart of gold and hands of steel Danny Lendich: 19 January 1944 – 13 May 2025
Auckland’s Danny Lendich must stand as one of the most dynamic and multi-faceted figures in the earthmoving and transport industry, a man whose life stretched across agricultural t...
Recently Registered
May is marginally better
The New Zealand truck market continues its quiet 2025 performance, with May figures confirming low volumes across both new truck and trailer registrations.
The May 2025 regi...
Double Coin Imaging Awards
Double Coin Imaging Awards; A 50-year celebration
As the saying goes “goods things take time” so waiting for a new Kenworth K220 to be ready for the road and our photo session was well worth it.
Maramarua-based W.E. Hale Lt...
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