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Loggers, Gods and soldiers are awake early to get the day started.
Which begins the explanation for why New Zealand Truck & Driver is waiting in the carpark of the Pan Pac mill, just north of Napier, at 3.30am on a chilly Monday.
We’re meeting Platoon Sergeant Storm Harrison from the 5/7 Battalion NZ Infantry Regiment Army Reserve. And his two stand-out log trucks named Tāne Mahuta [God of the Forest] and Tūmatauenga [God of War].
The military and logging trucks have been dual career paths for Napier-based Storm. And it’s a combination he continues to be busy with approaching 26 years of service with the NZ Army.
Storm has made the early star... ...