Trucks Archive

  • Julie Anne Genter

    Day 5 — Serendipity and Community - by Julie Anne Genter



    You know when things don’t go as planned, and it unexpectedly  works out much better? That was my day today. (Long distance solo bike journeys, in my experience, have this seemingly magical effect… Though I’m sure there’s nothing supernatural about it.) The plan was to cycle from Oamaru to the little village of Waikouaiti, where [...] read more
    January 19, 2012 12:52 am - 3 Comments
  • frog

    Keep On Truckin’ - by frog



    From what I saw on my morning hoparound, Green MPs are absolutely gutted by news in the NZ Herald about trucking industry donations to politicians.  The Road Transport Forum spent nearly $100K greasing the wheels ahead of the election: Those who declared donations of $5000 from the Road Transport Forum were National’s Tau Henare, Eric Roy, [...] read more
    April 16, 2009 6:03 pm - 14 Comments
  • frog

    Truckies’ torment - by frog



    So Tony Friedlander is going to lead truck companies in a protest against the impact that rising prices are having on their business. I understand farmers will also be protesting against the impact that drought has on their business and airlines will be protesting about the excessive costs that gravity imposes on their business. What [...] read more
    July 3, 2008 8:35 am - 46 Comments
  • frog

    Big trucks, big cost - by frog



    The government thinks it might be a good idea to permit much bigger trucks on to our road.  That seems scary when 23% of crashes on our roads involve trucks.There are some circumstances where you might need a truck to move goods about.  Then there are circumstances where it just seems easier to stick stuff [...] read more
    December 10, 2007 4:36 pm - 18 Comments