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New Hitachi medium excavator range

New Hitachi medium excavator range

Posted on 17-Aug-2022

After years of development, the new range of medium excavators from Hitachi is officially available in New Zealand.

The next generation of Zaxis-7 medium excavators, including the ZX130-7, ZX135US-7, ZX160LC-7, ZX210LC-7, ZX225USLC-7, ZX260LC-7 and ZX360LC-7 Stage-V compliant models, prioritise comfort, safety, reliability, efficiency and productivity – all providing owners with opportunities to increase profits and reduce costs.

Hitachi’s TRIAS III and HIOS..... more


Pay-as-you-go perpetuates potholes, says NRC

Pay-as-you-go perpetuates potholes, says NRC

Posted on 17-Aug-2022

New Zealand has badly potholed roads because road maintenance is inadequately funded from pay-as-you-go road user charges (RUC) levied on trucks instead of being well-funded and built as core infrastructure from the outset, says National Road Carriers (NRC) COO, James Smith.

“We fund our roads on a consumption model rather than an investment model, so we are constantly falling behind,” he says.

Mr Smith says a recent opinion piece in The Northern Advocat..... more


Pine pollen promises profits

Pine pollen promises profits

Posted on 17-Aug-2022

Pine Pollen New Zealand, trading under the name Bio Gold, has received $288,500 in Government funding through the Ministry for Primary Industries’ Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures fund (SFF Futures) to lay the foundations for a pine pollen industry in New Zealand.

“Pine pollen has been consumed for health and wellbeing in China, South Korea and Japan for more than 3000 years,” says Bio Gold founder Carl Meyer.

“It’s been found to contain a naturally occurr..... more


Protect your eyes and ears

Protect your eyes and ears

Posted on 17-Aug-2022

New research shows that 65% of tradies are putting their hearing at risk and 51% are putting their eyesight at risk by not wearing protective equipment on site.

The research, commissioned by Specsavers, provider of optometry and audiology services, revealed that 71% of trades people who have worked in the industry for more than ten years say they believe that their work has had a negative impact on their hearing while 45% said their eyesight had been negatively af..... more


Right Tree Right Place

Right tree right place

Posted on 17-Aug-2022

The first trees have been planted for an ambitious programme to future-proof farms, support rural communities and improve the environment.

Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and global environmental non-governmental organisation, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), is leading and funding the programme, currently known as Right Tree Right Place, in partnership with landowners.

The project aims to support farmers’ vision for their land, including planting of trees on marg..... more


 Bioenergy: Don’t leave it on the forest floor

Bioenergy: Don’t leave it on the forest floor

Posted on 13-Jul-2022

The lack of electricity supply security because of thermal generation plant unavailability reinforces the importance of the need for an integrated Energy Strategy, says the Bioenergy Association. Greater use of bioenergy and biofuels which are storable energy forms would ensure that electricity supply can be optimised says the Bioenergy Association.

Brian Cox, Executive officer of the Bioenergy Association says, “The news that Transpower had to declare an electric..... more




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