Nathan Childs was waiting for a load of material from the demolition of St Mary‘s Church in Levin when Faye Lougher stopped to say hi. Driving a 2012 Western Star 4864FXC with an 18-speed Roadranger, Nathan would be heading for a local quarry once the trailer was loaded. He has been driving trucks about seven years and has worked for Central Demolition for about two years. “I used to work for an engineers that moved small stuff in a little truck so I had my class 2 licence,” Nathan says.

“The job sort of evolved from there.” Central Demolition is based in Feilding and Nathan had started there that morning. “Every day is different. It‘s an obstacle course out there – it‘s a challenge.” Nathan likes to leave the problems of the industry to others, saying he just does his own thing and doesn‘t worry about anyone else. He picked the parachuting or scuba diving question. “Parachuting! Because it‘s like a freedom thing, like a motorbike.”

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