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Some companies feel as if they’ve been set up to a master template, focused from the get-go on carrying out a particular task.

But that certainly isn’t the case with Christchurch’s Waireka Group (‘Waireka’ translate as ‘sweet water’). Here’s a medium-sized operation (around a dozen trucks on the fleet) that has been in business just 15 years but offers: container transport via both swing-lifters and skellies, Hiab crane trucks, mini fuel tankers, baby salmon transport, curtainsider metro delivery, warehouse storage and 3PL.

But what on a quick recitation of these facts might look like a rather scattergun approach has been the result of a more organic growth, of taking opportuniti... ... 


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The log truck fleet at Qube Forestry NZ will soon reach 80 Kenworth T659s.

But it takes a lot more than some of the toughest trucks to cart logs through Gisborne’s rugged terrain.

Having the right people, robust systems, and carefully planned back-up is critical to keeping all those trucks on the move in the isolated region.

With a 41-year company pedigree born from old school trucking passion and experience – but now with the full backing and resources of a publicly traded logistics giant – there is a solid foundation behind the Qube fleet of silver log trucks.

Australia’s Qube Group (formerly ISO Ltd) purchased the Gisborne-based Pacific Haulage Ltd and Williams & W... ... 


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Hudson Rd at the northern edge of Warkworth offers a glimpse into the fast-paced development of the wider Rodney district.

The commercial and industrial street is nearby the current end point of the Northern  Motorway – and the start location for the planned next section north to Te Hana.

And at the intersection of Hudson Rd and what was previously SH1, there is a new service station and a large Pak N Save supermarket.

A longtime resident and witness to the changes in the Hudson Rd is civil construction company Rhodes for Roads. Just behind the yard for its trucks, machines, and stockpiled supplies, there is a residential subdivision being developed which will bring an... ... 

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