Events, Trucks

The best eatery on the road 2014

Deals on Wheels is pleased to announce the winner of the Best Eatery on the Road Competition 2014 – long-time readers will get no prizes for guessing who it is…
Events, Trucks

Best Eatery on the road competition winner

This year’s competition has closed, and DOW readers have made their decision.
Construction, Events

Safety: Sika event

It’s a Sika corporate initiative that all companies in the group worldwide devote an entire day in the second week of September to safety in the workplace.
Events, Trucks

Event: Hawke’s Bay truck show

About 200 trucks converged on the Whakatu coolstore of ENZA Turners and Growers for the eleventh biannual Hawke’s Bay Trucking for Child Cancer truck show.
Construction, Events

Event: Youth into Industry

Doug the Digger (aka Alistair McIntyre) has hit the tarmac again, getting around a sizeable chunk of the North Island on a month long road trip to promote the contracting and associated industries to youngsters as future professional career paths.
Construction, Events

Forestry: WoodEXPO 2013

The inaugural WoodEXPO 2013 wood processing exhibition and workshop series was held in Rotorua recently, with delegates and companies from as far away as North America and Scandinavia heading our way to showcase the latest innovations.
Construction, Events

Event: NZ Road Transport Hall of Fame

Almost anyone could be forgiven for thinking a New Zealand road transport hall of fame event held in New Zealand’s southern-most city would only be of interest to Kiwis. However, this prestigious event, held yearly, is proving to be popular with the trucking fraternity from across the Tasman, too.
Construction, Events

Event: New Zealand Contractors’ Federation conference

This year’s New Zealand Contractors’ Federation conference saw Australia’s Civil Contractors Federation join forces with its Kiwi counterparts for three days of guest speakers, great innovations... and good wine in Central Otago.
Construction, Events

Special report: Doosan launch

On a sunny, late-April afternoon, staff, customers and representatives of allied industries gathered at the Auckland head office to see AB Equipment’s official introduction of the Bobcat and Doosan brands to the marketplace.
Construction, Events

Top machine competition

We asked readers to vote for their favourite machine from a list of the 20 machines we tested during 2012.
Construction, Events

Countrys top excavator operators gear up for gruelling competition

New Zealand’s top excavator operators are heading for the Manawatu for two days of gruelling challenges to decide the winner of the National Excavator Operator Competition title.