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A passion for health and safety Profile

A passion for health and safety

Working at the site of the largest landslide in history ignited Tania Harris’ lifelong passion for, and business in health and safety. Abi Kibble explains. IN THE EARLY 1980S, Tania Harris and her husband lived in Washington state, USA, and owned a helicopter business operating in forestry, mining, construction, infrastructure and...
At your service: Stacy Goldsworthy Profile

At your service: Stacy Goldsworthy

Civil Contractors New Zealand has a new technical manager on its staff, working specifically to progress the interests of the membership and provide expert advice, gained through many years working in the industry. By Mary Searle Bell. STACY GOLDSWORTHY is the newest addition to the Civil Contractors New Zealand team. He has joined as...
A passion for modelling Profile

A passion for modelling

Peter Fraser has long retired from the extraction and contracting industries, but his legacy lives on with his modified Kumbee Hammermill, still in use around New Zealand and many other countries. 
Alan Titchall talks to Peter at his home about his invention and his perfectly scaled models of crushers and quarry equipment. CONTRACTOR...
Farewell to a top civil contractor and gold miner – Sam March Profile

Farewell to a top civil contractor and gold miner – Sam March

Guy and Andy March, two of Sam March’s nephews, share a few memories of him and March 
Construction. SAM WAS BORN on July 14 1945. He spent the first four years of his life in Lees Valley on the family farm before moving back to Christchurch and attending various primary schools including Ilam, Medbury and New Brighton District...
Cross examination Profile

Cross examination

From the navy to piloting oversized loads, Mary Searle Bell talks to Dave Cross about his life and career, and how he came to be the owner of what is possibly New Zealand’s largest over-dimension load piloting company. AS A 15-YEAR-OLD, David Cross left school and joined the navy. It was 1956, and Dave was away from home, living at...
A day with a crane driver Profile

A day with a crane driver

Cranes punctuate Queenstown’s skyline as the town revs into overdrive on infrastructure projects to satisfy unprecedented tourism demand. Denise McNabb talks to Smith Cranes’ Queenstown manager Tupuarangi Kopa about being in the crane business in this resort town. AN ICY WIND blows off the Remarkables’ snow-drizzled peaks,...
Contracting and camaraderie Profile

Contracting and camaraderie

An industry association man from the outset, Harrie Harris attributes the success of his company, and many of the friends he has made over the years, to his membership of the Taranaki branch of CCNZ. BY MARY SEARLE BELL. By rights, Graham ‘Harrie’ Harris should have been a dairy farmer. He was born in Stratford in 1942 to dairy...
Wayne Scott: Bringing together ‘us’ and ‘them’ Profile

Wayne Scott: Bringing together ‘us’ and ‘them’

The Mining Extractives Health and Safety Council’s (MinEx) new chief executive Wayne Scott says he’s a realist when it comes to industry safety compliance. Richard Silcock talks to him about current safety issues, the outlook for the future and what he will bring to the job. Wayne Scott was appointed to the position at the beginning...
Working the dream Profile

Working the dream

When your childhood passion is making things, the choice between following your father into a career in accountancy, or opting for an engineering degree is an easy one. By Mary Searle Bell. AFTER COMPLETING HIGH school, Paul Herbison left his hometown of Whakatane and headed north to begin a Bachelor of Engineering degree at the...
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