Keep On Moving

Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy.
New Zealand Trucking magazine editor Gavin Myers got the rare opportunity to sit down with Sime Darby Berhad Group CEO Jeffri Davidson and Managing Director of Sime Darby Motor Group NZ Pat McKenna at the opening of the new Sime Motors NZ-owned Truck Stops repair and service centre at Ruakura in Hamilton.

Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy.
New Zealand Trucking magazine editor Gavin Myers got the rare opportunity to sit down with Sime Darby Berhad Group CEO Jeffri Davidson and Managing Director of Sime Darby Motor Group NZ Pat McKenna at the opening of the new Sime Motors NZ-owned Truck Stops repair and service centre at Ruakura in Hamilton.

It's an event no one involved in supply chain either now or the years ahead should miss. The Aka Raupapa National Supply Chain Super Hui, hosted by Tainui Group Holdings (TGH) and Brightstar at the Pa University of Waikato, takes place on the 1st and 2nd of July.
The theme is Moving from Intention to Action. There's no question Ruakura will continue to develop as one of the country's epicentres of supply chain activity, and what happens there over the next generations will impact every business and transport operation in the country. 
National Road Carriers CEO, Justin Tighe-Umbers speaks on why this event should not be missed.

https://brightstar.co.nz/events/aka-raupapa/

We need to find out more about the new world heading our way. Powering On talks to people in the know and those who have already headed off on a new propulsion journey. We aim to make it not too techy, delivering useful information for those who will still be responsible for delivering our new tomorrow.
Alternatively propelled heavy vehicles need evaluation in the live environment, operating at optimum capability and therefore efficiency, even if the best we can produce today doesn't quite fit the playing field rules. In a single jurisdiction nation, we should be shining the light on making such evaluation a reality. At least that's what you would think.
Senior product engineer e-mobility at Scania NZ, Alfons Reitsma, joins us to share a growing sense of frustration currently experienced by many in the industry attempting to do the right thing in the pursuit of the cleaner tomorrow.

In the OEM update, we talk with a broad cross section of original equipment suppliers to the New Zealand industry.
This month we enjoy a great chat with someone well known in the truck body and trailer manufacturing space. John Stevens is Auckland operations manager for Action Manufacturing's Fairfax and Freighter divisions, and he joins us for one of the most engaging and relaxed OEM Update conversations we've had in ages.  

Clear the Air is the section where co-host Dave McCoid and his good mate and environmental champion Lindsay Wood discuss the climate and environmental issues of the day, as they should be discussed - respectfully!
This month, why do Kiwis dislike discussing the difficult questions? Is our persona and easy-going nature doing us a disservice in the climate predicament space? A couple of Kiwis try and get to the bottom of that one, amongst a number of other rabbit holes, as is normally the case.
 

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.
This month, general manager for policy and advocacy at National Road Carriers, James Smith, joins Dave to discuss New Zealand's energy resilience. How are we coping with a real test of the system? If we're lucky the current Middle East situation might be the wake-up call we needed. If not, what happens next? 

The intellectual might of New Zealand Trucking Media brings all they have to the table in a post workday chat at their local. Sometimes they convince some poor unfortunate soul to join them. The result is more often than not ….. concerning.
This month the likely lads are joined by Mark Amer. What a way to kick-off the regular guest slot on Blokes Yarning. Buckle-up, this one will curl you hair as you might well expect.

This month we're back with a Keep On Moving vocational podcast, and we're in front of an icon...Robin Ratcliffe. Born in Hunterville and raised in Taumarunui, Robin heads Modern Transport Group. Today the business is home to 11 individual companies and has an international footprint. Built on a combination of talent, business savvy, and personal values, Robin Ratcliffe is a deep thinker, philosopher, and well-read on any number of topics. We sat down for a couple of hours early in the year to reflect on an amazing life to date, and a To Do list far from complete. 

Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy
We're back with a transport business in the Wider View this month. One of the country's oldest, in fact. Chris Carr is generation five and managing director of his family's buisiness Car & Haslam, now 162 years in the game. The business has already traded through an energy transition and any number of wars, so he's the man for the month without question. Any time you have the pleasure and priviledge of Chris's company, it's always a case of buckle up, becuse this is going to be fun!

In the OEM update, we talk with a broad cross section of original equipment suppliers to the New Zealand industry.
We sit for a chat with general manager for UD Trucks New Zealand Zane Erwee. UD's new mid-range Condor arrives here this month, opening up a new market segment for the company. We chat about the product, the opportunity, preparation, and the legacy.

We need to find out more about the new world heading our way. Powering On talks to people in the know and those who have already headed off on a new propulsion journey. We aim to make it not too techy, delivering useful information for those who will still be responsible for delivering our new tomorrow.
In the first of our semi regualr Powering On series we're calling TR Tomorrrow, we catch up with TR Group's energy and emissions reduction lead Scott Donnelly, to chat about the myriad of things on the go in the business.   

Clear the Air is the section where co-host Dave McCoid and his good mate and Environmental champion Lindsay Wood discuss the climate and envirionmental issues of the day, as they should be discussed - respectfully!
Are we staring down the gun barrel of an energy hourse of cards? Lindsay and Dave get into everything from the cutting edge energy work of Simon Michaux, to AI, to the crazy old world we find ourselves in. Buckle up!
 

Clear the Air is the section where co-host Dave McCoid and his good mate and Environmental champion Lindsay Wood discuss the climate and environmental issues of the day, as they should be discussed – respectfully!
Following the UK’s National Emergency Briefing comes the hard-hitting Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security report. The March 2026 New Zealand Trucking magazine Clear the Air article was titled 'Far Out On Thinning Ice' – for good reason according to Lindsay Wood.
 

We need to find out more about the new world heading our way. Powering On talks to people in the know and those who have already headed off on a new propulsion journey. We aim to make it not too techy, delivering useful information for those who will still be responsible for delivering our new tomorrow.
In March, WM commissioned its first Mercedes-Benz eEconic refuse collection truck. New Zealand Trucking magazine editor Gavin Myers covered the launch for the UDC Business of Trucking Powering On section.

The intellectual might of New Zealand Trucking Media brings all they have to the table in a post-workday chat at their local. Sometimes they convince some poor unfortunate soul to join them. The result is more often than not ….. concerning.
This month the lads go deep into the Artemis II toilet issue, among other serious subjects. It's a shit show! 

Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy.
Absolutely one not to be missed. We're in front of Tane van der Boon, a 35-year-old tech innovator and entrepreneur in the AI space working to improve health and safety outcomes and core business productivity in unison. Dave also uses the moment to ask Tane the wider-view macro questions on country, region, life, and work of the future. His answers are not to be missed. 

Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy.
This month, a special edition of Wider View and certainly one not to be missed from one of the globe's leading transport industry minds. David Cebon is professor of mechanical engineering at Cambridge University in the UK and director at the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight. He gave the keynote address at this month's IRTENZ conference in Hamilton, and we recorded it for you.
Next month, we'll cover the question and answer session that followed.