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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 06-03-2026 Preparing to adapt – setting up freight for the future
This week I was delighted to be invited to attend the NZTA “Super Hui” in Wellington, to talk about road...
NZTD News | Posted 06-03-2026 The good, the bad and the ugly
Napier tour  Last week I joined our Membership Manager for the Lower & Central North Island, Lindsay Calvi-Freeman for some...
NZTD News | Posted 05-03-2026  Commercial Vehicle Safety Centre at Bombay now completed
NZ Transport Agency is proud to announce the completion of construction on their new Commercial Vehicle Safety Centre (CVSC) at...
NZTD News | Posted 05-03-2026 Courier Companies Fined $1.225M; Warnings To Be Issued After Commerce Commission Cartel Investigation
An investigation by the Commerce Commission has resulted in courier companies Aramex and GoSweetSpot (GSS) being penalised $700,000 and $525,000,...
NZTD News | Posted 05-03-2026 Expect Delays For Upcoming Nightworks In Auckland - SH20
Road users can expect night-time delays in the first half of this month on State Highway 20 (SH20) southbound between...
NZTD News | Posted 05-03-2026 Ferry Update Answers Road Freight Sector’s Burning Questions
Road freight association Transporting New Zealand says ensuring reliable Cook Strait capacity through to 2029 is a strong industry priority,...
NZTD News | Posted 05-03-2026 Illegal tyre dumping in Palmy cut in half after Tyrewise launch
The Palmerston North City Council has reported a sharp decline in illegal tyre dumping and illegal dumping which includes tyres...
NZTD News | Posted 05-03-2026 Road Freight Sector Watching Oil Prices As Middle East Conflict Continues
Transporting New Zealand says the road freight industry will be monitoring the risk of fuel supply issues and rising oil...
NZTD News | Posted 05-03-2026 The Mount Victoria Tunnel is about to have its annual Building Warrant of Fitness (BWOF) inspection.
It will be subject to a week of night closures from Monday 16 March to Thursday 19 March, between 9pm...

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