Thank you Ewen
Alan Titchall farewells another veteran. Ewen Major had one of the most positively infectious personalities I have had the pleasure to meet in this job....
Category : Feature
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...
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...
Luxon paints positive picture, contractors remain sceptical
Image: The PM and Alan Pollard during their ‘fireside’ chat at the 2005 CCNZ conference in Tauranga recently. In a polished performance, Prime Minister Christopher...
Our $? billion industry celebrates 50 years
In this world of Trumponomics, fake news and artificial intelligence it’s getting hard to work out what to believe any more, but the headline above...
Learning on the golf course
From building prestige golf courses to futureproofing the Capital’s water and sewer mains, and being crowned Wellington Wairarapa’s best excavator operator, Corey Olson’s career has...
Putting in the hard yards
Image: L to R: Garth Taylor, MIMICO’s Material Processing Business Manager; Nathan Gibbons, Stevenson Quarry Manager; and Rex Davies, MIMICO’s Managing Director, at the IOQ...
A tight squeeze
Image: The team entering a bridge beam. The height here is only 600mm. Working in tight spaces can provide a whole array of challenges for...
Northland operator claims victory
Image: Winning line-up (from left) Michael Brown (third place); 2025 NEOC champion Steven George; and John Rohloff, runner-up. Steven George, representing Northland, demonstrated his grit...
Fourth title makes history in Otago
Troy Calteaux from Otago emerged as the industry’s ultimate digger driver at the CCNZ/CablePrice National Excavator Operator 2024 Competition held at Manfeild Park in Feilding....