Reducing speed limits not the answer to poor roads

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Reducing speed limits not the answer to poor roads

You don’t have to travel far on our roads to feel like you’re on a dodgem track – having to take evasive action to avoid potholes and uneven road surfaces. 

Instead of making the nece...


Advantage Tyres Fleet Focus

Cowboys don't cry

To the New Zealand trucking industry, Jim Barker was an icon, a legend, pioneer, a visionary…and a larger-than-life character.

To truckie Daniel Mateni he was all of that….and much, m...


Southpac Legends

Dream Makers

With a career that’s (so far) spanned three decades, Aaron Headington has moved from being a hands-on engineer to creating a specialised division of Southpac Trucks that could be best described ...


Recently Registered

A remarkable return

Remarkably, the New Zealand new truck market is returning to normality – with registrations in April falling just 4.5% short of the alltime record for the month.

Following a March performa...


Double Coin Imaging Awards

Big bright green rescue machine
When towing company boss Brooke Bartle decided he needed a new colour scheme for his towtrucks, he had to do it quickly: His next truck was already in the paint shop!It was five years ago...

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