The June 2024 issue of New Zealand Truck & Driver is on sale this week with our cover story and Giti Tyres Big Test getting behind the wheel of another of Iveco’s new generation models.

A pair of new Iveco T-Way 510 tippers are the latest addition to the KB Contracting & Quarries fleet in Christchurch. The company has a long association with the Iveco brand with the new T-Way duo joining its bonneted PowerStar units on a wide range of jobs around the Garden City.

June’s Teletrac Navman Fleet Focus makes a trip across the Southern Alps to find Greymouth-based MBD Contracting hauling the big rocks and getting the critical jobs done on some of the big infrastructure works taking place on the West Coast.

This month’s Southpac Legends feature tells the story of the first Kenworth to be registered in New Zealand. The 848 model from 1964 was a game-changer for the Kiwi trucking industry.

The June News section takes a look at the new Fairfield facility which gives the 

Mid-Canterbury region an inter-modal freight hub and we update the work and reopening plans for the SH1 Brynderwyn Hills rebuild. New truck tech includes a Freightliner which showcases both electric and autonomous capability and Truck Racing will be a new addition to the FIA Motorsport Games later this year.

In the latest update from Transporting New Zealand Dom Kalasih provides updates on immigration pathways for drivers and the HWSA Act while nominations are open for the Ia Ara Transporting New Zealand Industry Awards.

With the opening of New Zealand’s first refuelling network for hydrogen trucks, we look at the next steps for building the hydrogen infrastructure and the role hydrogen can play in a decarbonised future.

CrediFlex Recently Registered reports new truck registrations are running slightly behind 2023 volumes while our regular columns see James Smith, National Road Carriers Association GM Policy & Advocacy, expecting the industry will learn a huge amount from the upcoming trials of hydrogen fuel cell trucks and NZ Heavy Haulage Association Chief Executive Jonathan Bhana-Thomson says access for oversize freight needs to be considered while the works are being completed.

Safety is in focus this month with the design and specification of European trucks likely to see some significant changes as the EuroNCAP organisation reveals its plans for a truck safety rating regime while on the local front we call past the latest NZI Truckie Rest Zone event to see the fatigue awareness programme in action.