Mulder joins Executive Council to ‘give back’
Image: Bart Mulder speaks at the 2024 CCNZ Hawke’s Bay East Coast Awards. Bart Mulder joined the CCNZ Executive Council following election at the 2025...
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Heavy Haulage conference 2025
Image: Association CEO Jonathan Bhana-Thomson and Rotorua Mayor, Tania Tapsell. The NZ Heavy Haulage Association annual conference held in August at the Novotel Rotorua was...
Avoiding a Fast-track fail
Applications for projects under the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 (the Act) are coming in thick and fast, but some have not passed the first hurdle....
A wish list for upcoming elections
We are now entering another election cycle, with local government election voting starting this month (9 September to 11 October) and central government elections next...
The Caterpillar DW10: Cat’s first motor scraper
Image: A pair of Caterpillar DW10 1N series with very rare (only 10 were ever built) matching LeTourneau model DLS Carryall scraper and PCU. Location...
Water services reform: What’s happening, and when?
We have received a number of questions about Government changes to water services delivery, write Paul Buetow, Partner; Ezekiel Hudspith, Partner; and Miles Rout, Solicitor...
Farewell to Jim
Image: Jim in his later years, with a gift for speaking at ease. Jim Juno, a stalwart of the civil construction industry, died suddenly on...
50th Anniversary a celebration beyond the ordinary
Marking half a century of lifting and shifting, the 2025 Crane Association of New Zealand (CANZ) Conference was more than a professional gathering, it was...
Le Tourneau model D Tournapull
Image: Seen in a field on my travels around the North Island was this early 1960s model D with D scraper. Like some of the...
The right steps for economic recovery
For the past 18 months or so, the civil construction sector (like other parts of the New Zealand construction industry) has experienced a sharp decline...