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, Mike Devon's back in camp sharing his knowledge, wisdom. effervescent personality, and headcold. We also catch up with Casino Truck Show organiser Darren Goodwin and reflect on a great weekend in Aussie. 

This Month in the UDC Business of Trucking Podcast... Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy. All in the name of getting a Wider View. In the first interview of this new regular series we speak to Scania New Zealand managing director Victor Carvalho now 18 months into his role and quiz him on the three 'C's - country, company, and commerce. In this month's Industry Comment we catch up with Transcon managing director Blake Noble to discuss his July 2025 Carrier's Corner column in New Zealand Trucking magazine. Carrier's Corner is a monthly contribution Blake makes to the publication and the subject of his July article  was, When things don't quite add up. We need to find out more about the whole new world heading our way. 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 our new tomorrow.This month we talk to senior product engineer at Scania New Zealand, Alfons Reitsma. One of the country's leading technical minds, Alfons updates us on Scania New Zealand's journey in the alternative propulsion space.  In this month's Industry Comment we catch up with Transcon managing director Blake Noble to discuss his July 2025 Carrier's Corner column in New Zealand Trucking magazine. Carrier's Corner is a monthly contribution Blake makes to hte publication and the subject of his July article was, When things don't quite add up. In the OEM update, we talk with a broad cross section of original equipment suppliers to the New Zealand industry.This month it's Isuzu's turn in the limelight. It's a huge couple of months for the company as the new N and F series trucks arrive on the ground here. Given there representation and role in the freight, utility, and trade industries, any change in these two models has significant impact across many aspects of both industry and economy. We speak to general manager for Isuzu in New Zealand Dave Ballantyne about the journey to market and what we can expect. In this months Clearing the Air, Dave and Lindsay our blindness to mineral blindness. Lindsay and Dave discuss the July 2025 Clearing the Air column in New Zealand Trucking magazine, raising the issue of our ability to supply the minerals required to effect a like for like energy transfer with the focus on copper. That's where the conversation begins anyway...you know how these segments go. On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day. This month, Dave McCoid is joined by NRC's manager for policy and advocacy, James Smith, for a chat with Amanda Peart from ACC. Amanda's role is manager - business engagements and partnerships, and today the topic on the table is: the role of your business when injury occurs. Amanda is all about collaboration and working together on the journey towards best practice injury prevention and management.  

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 once again by mate and colleague Mike Devon. He needs to be careful if he keeps turning up he might catch whatever it is we've got. 

This Month in the UDC Business of Trucking Podcast . New Zealand road transport is in need of an effective, broad spectrum industry accreditation scheme to assist industry, customers, regulators, and police in separating the participant wheat from the chaff.TruckSafe, the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) developed accreditation scheme has a robust 26-year record across the Tasman, and over the past eight years New Zealand Trucking Association have been working with the ATA to develop the New Zealand model.Dave McCoid joins New Zealand Trucking Association's chief operating officer Carol McGeady and programme lead Jon Sansom to discuss both the programme, and its journey to date. On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month, one of our most fascinating episodes to date. Dave McCoid chats with Vicente Valencia, CEO of NX2 Northern Express Group from June 2018 to September 2024, on successful PPPs and an aspirational approached to infrastructure.  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, 'to tree, or not to tree, that is the question'. Lindsay and Dave discuss the New Zealand Trucking magazine June 2025 Clearing the Air article, and find out tress can't do it alone for us.    

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, brother Mikey D, our man at Truck at Light Commercial Trader takes time out from his mid-life crises to have a beer and yarn with the lads. 

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 industries finest females about life in transport. In this episode, Maddy and Morgan give us life updates around home ownership, class 2 licenses and Maddy's recent foray into StarWars. Aside from that, their guest this month is Jess Johns. Jess is an ex-pat Kiwi (kinda) who has done a hell of a lot on both sides of the Tasman.  You wont want to miss this episode of Chicks Chat!

What's happening this month with the Keep On Moving Podcast Business Edition, brought to you by UDC ... It's time for Ask the Editor again and Dave is joined by editor of New Zealand Trucking magazine Gavin Myers to discuss the Brisbane Truck Show 2025, the retirement of the Aratere, Budget 2025, and Winston Peter's latest stellar media performance. In the OEM update, we talk with a broad cross-section of original equipment suppliers to the New Zealand industry.This month, Southpac Trucks' general manager of sales, Richard Smart, chats about BTS 2025, DAF XG, the market place, and the economy. There's a whole new world heading our way and 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 our new tomorrow.This month, news broke on the week of the Brisbane Truck Show that regional logistics giant Linfox had purchased 30 electric Volvo heavy trucks from Volvo Group Australia (VGA). We talk to VGA communications manager Matt Wood about the deal and much more.  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, what looks like it's making progress but actually heading in the opposite direction? Find out the answer and so much more in this month's Dave and Lindsay chat.Link to Rod Carr Speechhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8uIlLs63Z0  We finish off with On Schedule – the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month, NRC CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers and New Zealand Trucking Media's Dave McCoid meet with Transport Minister Chris Bishop at the Beehive. The big picture and vision from the government of the day is always of immense value.

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 editor of Truckin' Life, and Outback Trucker star, Glenn 'Yogi' Kendall - fresh from his first trip to Wheels at Wanaka 2025.

This month on the UDC Business Podcast . Many in the industry would say we need another industry representative body like a hole in the head, yet there's no shortage of those who believe we're far from an industry representation sweet-spot. Chris Webby is chairman of SIRTA (South Island Regional Transport Association), the new front name for the Road Transport Association Region 4. He tells us why they've established SIRTA, and where they believe the gaps are in industry representation.  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 our new tomorrow.This month, a unique opportunity to chat with the regional manager for a global giant. James Edgeworth heads FedEx in New Zealand and Fiji, and recently the company purchased 10 LDV eDeliver-9 vans for their operation in Auckland. We discuss the purchase, the plans, and get a mind-boggling insight into scale.  We catch-up with IVECO New Zealand national sales manager Erwin Stolze and chat about life two years after the S-Way and T-Way launch - the market's acceptance of the new models, product support, keeping pace, and New Zealand Inc!  Our resident Business Together columnist Roylance Watson from accounting firm Vazy Child in Hamilton picks topics from her writings to share on the UDC Business of Trucking podcast.This month, the big subjects of setting goals with staff and KPIs. Don't assume it's all too daunting 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, 'Through the eyes of others'. Lindsay and Dave chat about Hannah Ritchie's wonderful world of data, and the UK's proactive emissions path. The upshot is maybe we're not as clean as we think we are.  Plus On Schedule with NRC The latest Truck News and much more .

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 industries finest females about life in transport. Their guest this month is Casuarina A.K.A Trucking with CJ. She's the truck-mad chick who has damn near done it all, from working in the mines to driving road trains across Australia. CJ loves her job and wants to encourage as many young people out there as possible to give it a go. She films her way through her work to show other people not just what she does, but how she does it! You wont want to miss this episode of Chicks Chat!

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 the lads are joined by co-worker and all around good bloke, someone who's always up for a yarn....MIke Devon .

This month in the UDC Business Edition  In 2018, Dean and Carey-Lee Purves took on one of the oldest and most famous names in New Zelaland truck body and trailer building, Mills-Tui We catch-up with Dean, a truly amiable bloke in a highly competitive industry. We learn about the dangers of Trade Me, as well as the importance of keeping an open mind to all oppotunities when contemplating the future. We're back chatting with New Zealand Trucking magazine editor, Gavin Myers in Ask the Editor.The New Zealand Transport Agency has announced the lifting of Class 1 driver's licence GVM limits to 7,500kg. Is this good thing or not? 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 our new tomorrow.This month we meet with Gavin Barr, manager/shareholder at NZ Biofuels in Christchurch, and discuss where the biofuel industry is at, who NZ Biofuels are, and do we continue to miss a trick on the road to lower emissions.   Clear the Air is the section where co-host Dave McCoid and his good mate and Environmental champion Lindsay Wood discuss the climate and envirionmental issues of the day, as they should be discussed - respectfully!This month a wider view and a narrower view from Lindsay's article the March 2025 issue of New Zealand Trucking magazine. Are we not paying enough attention to the little things and hidden detail that really matter. Plus Cameron Bagrie , Truck News and more . 

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 industries finest females about life in transport. In this episode, Maddy and Morgan's guest is Hollie Redington, Health and Safety and Compliance manager at Northchill Group, Pukekohe - but oh my, she is much more than that! The girls sit down and chat all things Northchill, how Hollie (and indeed Northchill) ended up here, and of course, Perl!  

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.

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 industries finest females about life in transport. In this episode, Maddy and Morgan drool over the the 40th anniversary issue of NZ Trucking magazine and discuss what progress Maddy has made toward her class 2 license. Their guest this month is Sam Russell, Swanson Transport, Auckland. Sam's story is different to some of the past guests, she is a woman who fell into the industry a few years ago and never looked back! The girls cover off some previously unchartered territory while going through Sam's story -  Hiabs, COVID, mental health, and so much more!!

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 our new tomorrow.This month we talk to Scott Donnelly, the recently appointed energy and emissions reduction lead at TR Group. We chat about the significance of such an appointment in an entity as large and influential in the New Zealand market, as well as the nuts and bolts of what it actually looks like at the coal face.   Just when you think TRT couldn't offer anything more – they do. A new CoF / WoF lane operated by VTNZ ends the need to take customer vehicle offsite for these vital ticks of approval. Dave talks to general manager sales, parts, and service Gavin Halley about these exciting new additions to the company offering as well as recapping the vast array of services on offer.  Dave catches up with Sime Motors NZ general manager for commercial sales, Michael Doeg about the brand-new Greenfields facility for Volvo and Mack sales and service in Christchurch. It's the first of three new facilities in New Zealand, sending a clear message on the company's commitment, confidence, and intent.   Our resident Better Business columnist Roylance Watson from accounting firm Vazey Child in Hamilton picks topics from her writings to share on the UDC Business of Trucking podcast.This month shaking off the holiday blues – getting motivated, hatching plans, setting goals, and leading from the front. Plus Truck News, On Schedule with NRC and much more ... enjoy.

Carol McGeady and the team at New Zealand Trucking Association are poised to put on another trucking industry extravaganza - the TMC Trucking Industry Show 2025! Carol speaks with Dave on what to expect...and there's a lot !

The intellectual might of New Zealand Trucking Media brings all they have to the table in a post workday chat about anything trucks and everything else. Sometimes they convince some poor unfortunate soul to join them. The result is more often than not ….. concerning.This month the lads get 2025 rolling with some regular favourites - would you rather, truck liveries and names, Dave even starts a book club. Gavin goes through the February 2025 issue of NZ Trucking and passionate voices are raised in the good, bad, and in-between section. Good grief it's out of control already! 

Welcome to Chicks Chat - Keep on Moving's 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 industry's finest females about life in transport. In this episode, Maddy and Morgan discuss their summers, the Bombay Truck Show and whether they will ever find another 'Maddy' working in heavy transport. Their first guest of 2025 is Morgan Brown from KT Cartage, Kerepehi. At only 31 years old, Morgan has racked up a LOT of experience across the industry. From linehaul to quarry work, dispatch to management – there's not much Morgan hasn't done! 

This Christmas Edition ... In 1993 Maarten Durent and the late Mike Corliss took the bull by the horns and a tiger by the tail, embarking on a journey that would change their lives forever. In their former roles at Specialist Transport Equipment (STE) they demonstrated an unrivaled energy and enthusiasm for the truck importation, sales, and support  industry. Now the two had PACCAR's marques all to themselves in Godzone.They believed they had what it took to grow something fantastic, and although the challenges came thick and fast – including the passing of Mike in 2012 – time has proven them right.To round out the year in which Southpac celebrated Kenworth's 100th birthday, sit back for what is an unmissable interview with Maarten Durent – possibly the ultimate "Get shit done!" motivational business talk you'll ever hear.  In the Aussie update this month we cross to the lucky country for a catch-up with expat Bradley Gallagher who drives the well publicised Airlie Beach Hotel Kenworth T909. Forget glass-half-full, Bradley has been a glass-completely-full truck nut since he was a kid, and it appears the gene has been well and truly handed on to son Lucas.  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.This month Will participates in a two-truck Volvo evaluation drive to Gibraltar, he drives a CNG-fueled Scania R460, and he delivers a letter to Santa Claus in a Renault E-Tech T. We catch-up with our Euro regular, Swedish log-truck driver Mattias Vikberg. His passion for all things trucking proves we are a global community, and half a planet away there's a more in common than you might think.This month – it's dark just after 3.00pm and daylight around 10am for Mattais at this time of the year. We also talk snow chains, Reindeers, and picking berries and mushrooms in Sweden.