Advantage Tyres Fleet Focus

The Accidental Towie

When Auckland towtruck business owner Evan Watson died 11 years ago, for wife Pam things could hardly have been worse.

In two harrowing years she’d seen him slowly, inexorably lose his bat...


Southpac Legends

Family Matas - David and Lewis Swap

With a history that dates all the way back to the 1930s, Matamata-based contractors J Swap’s family business is almost synonymous with the area as the Kaimai’s that shadow it - or maybe the Waio...


Recently Registered

COVID Cuts deep

What a difference a year makes! This time 12 months ago, Recently Registered was all about the New Zealand new truck market’s just-completed recordbreaking year.

The new benchmark from 201...


Double Coin Imaging Awards

Large-scale NZ rebrand under way
It amounts to, Aramex New Zealand CEO Scott Jenyns believes, one of the biggest (if not the biggest) rebranding exercises applied to a Kiwi commercial vehicle fleet.By the time it’s compl...

NZ Truck & Driver Magazine
February 2021 | Read Now
NZ Truck & Driver Magazine
February 2021 | Read Now
Industry Partners
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...
NZTD News | Posted 23-10-2026 Push hard, build well, finish the job
Early next month State Highway 2 through the Waioweka Gorge reopens to two-way traffic for the first time since January....
NZTD News | Posted 23-10-2026 Still the storm lingers
Fuel resilience  Last week I shared a story about the pipeline infrastructure upgrade between the fuel tanker vessel berth and...

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