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.