Keep On Moving

Welcome to Chicks Chat - Keep on Movings newest Podcast series! In these episodes Maddy McCoid (Sales and Marketing, New Zealand Trucking Media) and Morgan Petersen (Sales and Marketing, PTEK) will chat to some of the industrys finest females about life in transport. In this, the first episode, the girls chat to Alyson Hood - full-time student and part-time truck driver extraordinare in a chat you won't want to miss.

We welcome UDC Finance as our major sponsor ... and this is their first Podcast aboard.

Using trucks as billboards to raise awareness of key social issues is becoming an ever more common thing, making fantastic use of a highly visible and mobile communication medium.
Dirtworks is a civil earthworks and transport company based in Whenuapai in Auckland’s north west and as we run into the Prostate Cancer Foundation’s annual Blue September campaign, New Zealand Trucking magazine editor Gavin Myers caught up with Dirtworks  general manager Lewis Morgan about their new Mercedes-Benz AROCS that’s spreading not just its payload, but the message on a particularly poignant subject for the truck driving industry.

Intertruck Distributors NZ has been apointed brand importer and master dealer for the FAW marque locally. New Zealand Trucking magazine editor Gavin Myers catches up with Intertruck Distirbutors NZ director Comer Board to discuss the opportunities that lay ahead.

In the first of the new series called On Schedule with the NRC, New Zealand Trucking Media speaks with National Road Carreirs (NRC) CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers on the work the association does - the wins, the challenges, and the strategy taking on key issues of the day.
In Episode 2, Justin and Dave are joined by James Smith, NRC general manager of policy and advocacy in a discussion on the harsh economic winter we've journeyed through, the outlook ahead, and tools at your disposal to emerge better, stronger, faster.

There's a whole new world heading our way, and whether we like it or not, we need to find out more about it so we're ready. 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 tomorrow's goods.
This month we chat with Grant Doull, National Hydrogen and Eco Commercial manager at Hyundai New Zealand.

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 it's Part 2 of the hydrogen discussion. Buckle-up, this gets philosophical!

Plus we hear from leading New Zealand Economist, Cameron Bagrie.

On Schedule - A new podcast series in which New Zealand Trucking Media editorial director Dave McCoid speaks with National Road Carriers (NRC) CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers on the work the association does - the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.
This month - Dave McCoid joins National Road Carriers CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers and general manager of policy and advocacy James Smith in a discussion on the harsh economic winter we've journeyed through, the outlook ahead, and tools at your disposal to emerge better, stronger, faster.

Justin Tighe-Umbers                               James Smith

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 we're joined by sales and marketing giant and all around good bugger, our very own Mike Devon! 

The boys ponder what trucking-based Olympic events would be like, and share their favourite truck names and liveries. They discuss the EROAD Fleet Day, the Gore Hug a Rig and the Casino Truck Show – and A LOT more too.

In the August 2024 Keep On Moving Business Edition ...

Innovation has been at the core of Straitline Canvas since the start. Partnering with TR Group the firm has recently begun a trial of a new breed of curtain made from 35% recycled PVC. Regardless of where you stand on the environmental subject, finding a second life for old PVC is in no way a bad thing. We talk with operations manager William Rice.

Jeff and Yvette Mear own and run Fruehauf NZ. We sit down for an insightful and interesting chat with Jeff on where their world and industry are at and what just around the bend. 

There's a whole new world heading our way, and whether we like it or not, we need to find out more about it so we're ready. 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 tomorrow's goods.

This month, a Powering On section like no other before ... a chat with national sales manager for Volvo NZ Scott Robinson while driving an FM Electric around the Hampton Downs motor racing circuit at the 2024 Volvo Trucks New Zealand drive day.

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: might the lightest gas be up to the heavy transport lifting? Part one of a two-parter on the pros and cons of hydrogen as a viable alternative fuel.

Enjoy!

The intellectual might of the New Zealand Trucking Media brings all they have to the table. The result is ….. concerning.
Joining Dave and Gav this month are special guests PTEK sales boss Morgan Peterson, and from New Zealand Trucking Media sales, Maddy McCoid.

On Schedule, a new podcast series in which New Zealand Trucking Media editorial director Dave McCoid speaks with National Road Carriers (NRC) CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers on the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.
This month – Time of Use Charging.

Don Gordon is today one of the true patriarchs of Hauraki Plains, Thames Valley trucking. Many of you will know his sons Craig and Nigel Gordon, both well respected engineers in their respective fields in the road transport industry.

Don’s story begins in pre-war Hauraki Plains, first in business for himself and then amalgamating with the family enterprise, high profile entity of the era Sarjants Transport, a firm that would become half of Provincial Transport Ltd.

Don went on under his own flag and was a pioneer in the arrival of big US trucks into the local and wider Bay of Plenty log truck scene.

In two months Don turns 90, an amazing human being who will have you with him the whole way through the story. 

She's a big red land, our closest neighbour, best buddy, and nirvana for truck-heads! Each month we catch-up with one of our many friends the land of the billabong to see what's happening locally. This month it's one of the world's great global truckers: Paul O'Callaghan, maybe the Emerald Isle's best known trucking export is doing his 10th cattle season at RTA, and we catch up with one of the industry's warmest, most welcoming, and obliging characters. 

You could be with him at the Rover's Return having a beer. It's always a hell of a laugh catching up with our good mate and Commercial Motor magazine editor Will Shiers to see what's going on in Blighty and the Euro zone. 

In this month's Business Podcast...

The phrase 'Trucks as a Service' appears to be popping up more and more. New Zealand Trucking Media editorial director Dave McCoid talks to New Zealand Trucking magazine editor Gavin Myers about what it might actually mean and where that particular path might lead.

Blake Noble's written a Carriers' Corner blinder in the July 24 issue of New Zealand Trucking magazine. It's time to shake off the dross people and create your own silver lining – just what the industry and country need at the moment. We had to chat to him about it.

We catch up with Penske NZ general sales manager Dean Hoverd to chat about the recent regional drive day held in Wacol Queensland, and the exciting times Penske has ahead with the latest generation of its two anchor products here, MAN and Western Star.

The IRTENZ 2024 scholarship was so close in terms of application quality, the body decided an unprecedented decision was required. Not only would one person receive the scholarship to attend a three-day Fundamentals of Heavy Vehicle Dynamics course at Michigan University, but two additioal assistance packages would be awarded also. Last month we talked to the winner, Rory O'Sullivan from Fruehauf NZ, and this month we catch up with the two recipients of the assistance packages – Tim Stone from Randal and Associates, and Alan Kirk from Gary Douglas Engineering, both from Palmerston.

In the first of the new series called On Schedule with the NRC, New Zealand Trucking Media editorial director Dave McCoid speaks with National Road Carriers (NRC) CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers on the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategy taken on key issues of the day. In Episode 1 we drive headlong into the polarising subject of Time of Use charging and discuss what it actually means, and the association's approach.

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, part 2 of Out of Sight Shouldn't be out of Mind - Acidy seas and stalling currents.

The intellectual might of New Zealand Trucking Media brings all they have to the table. The result is …. concerning.

Dave McCoid, editorial director New Zealand Trucking Media, Gavin Myers, editor New Zealand Trucking Magazine, and Carl Kirkbeck, a stranger from Invercargill, are joined this month by good friend and contributor to the magazine, Craig McCauley.

The boys discuss the Gore Truck Show, the new $500 million pothole fund, what to look out for in the June issue of New Zealand Trucking magazine, new trucks entering the market – and some that maybe won't – and lament road users who make up their own road rules.

Of course, we delve into the latest offerings from Mike's Transport Warehouse – proud sponsors of the vocational podcast feature interview.