Advantage Tyres Fleet Focus

2m Tonnes, 100 Trucks...5 Fulltime staff

In its first year in business, log transport company Aztec shifted around 88,000 tonnes of logs.

That sounds impressive enough….until you hear that this year, the operation is aiming to ca...


Southpac Legends

Fizzing about the transport industry - Willie Malcolm

From cleaning fizzy drink delivery trucks as a kid to meticulously repairing crashed Kenworth cabs, restoring the old and modifying the new as an adult, Willie Malcolm’s attention to detail and ...


Recently Registered

COVID, FUSO both play leading roles

COVID-19 crashed the New Zealand new truck market again in February… unsurprisingly.

There was little comfort in the fact that the 321 total of new truck registrations in the overall marke...


Double Coin Imaging Awards

something borrowed ...and blue (and white)
Call it fate, good fortune or just plain good luck, but when South Taranaki crane, Hiab and heavy-haulage transporter specialist Agtrans stumbled onto its unusual bright light blue, white-stripe...

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NZTD News | Posted 09-07-2026 Supply chain collaboration is needed to meet our challenges
Changes in how commercial regulation is managedOver the last week or so we’ve provided feedback to NZTA about the regulatory...
NZTD News | Posted 09-07-2026 Who is going to drive New Zealand’s trucks in ten years’ time?
At Aka Raupapa, the inaugural Freight & Supply Chain Superhui in Hamilton this month, I set out the demographic challenges...
NZTD News | Posted 08-07-2026 Cambridge section of Waikato Expressway still ahead of schedule
Major asphalt works on the Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway remain ahead of schedule, with crews preparing to move...
NZTD News | Posted 08-07-2026 Mark Cairns Steps Away From Freightways
Freightways Group Limited (Freightways) announces that Mark Cairns has advised the Board of his intention to resign as a director...
NZTD News | Posted 08-07-2026 New Zealand’s strategic diesel reserve ready to go
Two refurbished tanks at Northland’s Marsden Point which will store New Zealand’s strategic diesel supply are officially in use, Finance...
NZTD News | Posted 08-07-2026 Night works on SH1 Oteha Valley Road to Silverdale interchange
A full northbound closure is required on State Highway 1 (SH1) between Oteha Valley Road and the Silverdale interchange for...
NZTD News | Posted 08-07-2026 Pepe Stream Bridge works are underway
Full construction will begin next week on the Pepe Stream Bridge replacement on State Highway 25 (SH25) in the Coromandel,...
NZTD News | Posted 08-07-2026 Transporting New Zealand welcomes common sense changes to road user rules
Road freight association Transporting New Zealand is welcoming the announcement of planned changes to road user rules which it supports...
NZTD News | Posted 08-07-2026 Truckometer - Light and Heavy Falls
The Light Traffic Index (LTI) fell 0.2% in May to be up just 0.4% y/y, a marked loss of momentum....

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