GITI Tyres Big Test
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GITI Tyres Big Test - Baker's Delight

Selling a new truck to long-time Masterton transport operator Bruce Baker demands a lot of patience. In fact, until last year many might have considered it impossible.

But now there’s a brand-new DAF CF 530 in the blue, white and red colours of G & B Baker Ltd. Like its three sisters in the fleet – a Hino 700 and a pair of Freightliner Argosy’s of mid-2000s vintage - the new DAF is at work carting logs away from rugged Wairarapa...

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Tough times ahead so be prepared

Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand

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There is absolutely no doubt that New Zealand is in for some tough economic times over the next year or so. High inflation and disruptions caused by the pandemic and war in Ukraine are contribut...


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Taylor Made 50 years of forestry roading

It may be a fleet of a different kind, but Taylors Contracting’s earthmoving equipment has served the company well over its 50 years in the bush. The company has delivered thousands of kilometre...


Southpac Legends

Warwick Wilshier

In a career filled with memories and memorable achievements, Warwick Wilshier reckons some of the greatest highs have come from the way business competitors have often put aside financial differ...


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Back to record levels

The New Zealand truck market continues to establish new records.

The monthly total of 511 new registrations (GVM 4.5 tonnes-plus) is the best March result on record, a 1.5% increase on the...


Double Coin Imaging Awards

Fluoro fighters
If you want to show off a truck colour scheme,add a big sleeper cab, but for the biggest impact possible, how about a tri-axle semi race car transporter?That’s the route taken by the Cent...

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