The good, the bad and the ugly
By Katrina Van Houtte, special counsel, and Stuart Robertson, partner, Dentons Kensington, construction law team. The resilience of the construction industry is extraordinary, highlighted none...
Category : Contractor
Classic Machines: The Allis-Chalmers HD-5
Allis-Chalmers always had a good reputation for making reliable and versatile track type tractors, but its new HD-5 introduced in 1946 exceeded all expectations. By...
Drug warning from an expert
Kirk Hardy, CEO of TDDA, warns of the consequences of liberalising laws around cannabis, after witnessing an “explosion” of general drug problems in Canada and...
End in sight for Waikato Expressway
The Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway is the final stretch to be constructed. Richard Silcock reports on its progress. The 22 kilometre Hamilton section...
Waikato Expressway biosphere legacy
When you think about the newly opened Huntly section of the Waikato Expressway, you might be forgiven for thinking it’s just 15 kilometres of a...
A highway under repair
Since early 2018, when Cyclone Gita hit the country, SH60 across the Takaka Ranges west of Nelson has been reduced to one lane controlled by...
An important announcement
Our world took another direction over the past month and the Contrafed team has been busy in lockdown and hard at work feeding relevant information...
Working towards Level Three
Getting ready for Level Three The CCNZ has prepared a draft COVID-19 Alert Level 3 Protocols document that includes the first two pages of new...
Lockdown political reflections
Reflections on politics under lockdown By Peter Dunne As the Government starts to work on how it can move the country on at some point...