Trucks & Equipment
New trucks, trailers, buses and heavy equipment, and the dealers and builders behind them.
Fieldays winner takes home JAC ute and $10k in farming gear
From left: Andrew Craw, general manager at JAC Motors New Zealand; the giveaway winner, Kevin Cowley, with his family; and Richard Lindroos, CEO of the New Zealand National…
Kiwi and Aussie teams unite for Mack Masters world finals
Australia and New Zealand will compete side by side at the Mack Masters Global Championship Finals for the first time, with two Australian teams and one New Zealand team earning their place in the November showdown in Allentown and New York.
Watch: Truckies urged to heed purple and amber lights on pilot vehicles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxdRCMZXvRs The New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association has released a new safety video explaining what purple and amber flashing lights on load pilot vehicles mean for…
Heavy traffic dips while light traffic edges up – Truckometer
Traffic volumes gave a mixed picture of economic momentum in August, according to the latest ANZ Truckometer. The light traffic index (LTI) rose 1% in the…
Commercial vehicle registrations fall 6.8% in August
Mercedes-Benz led the market for new commercial vehicles in August. New commercial vehicle registrations over 3500kg GVM were down 6.8% year-on-year in August 2025, while used…
85 jobs lost as Absolute Traffic Solutions goes into liquidation
Absolute Traffic Solutions, an Auckland-based traffic management company, has gone into liquidation owing more than $1 million to Inland Revenue, employees and other creditors. The shareholders…
Weatherell Transport trials fully electric semi-trailer
Weatherell Transport has begun trialling a fully electric semi-trailer, supplied by Fruehauf. The Schmitz Cargobull S.KOe trailer features a high-voltage battery system, an electric refrigeration unit…
Daimler hydrogen trucks rack up 225,000km in customer trials
Five Mercedes-Benz GenH2 hydrogen fuel-cell trucks have clocked more than 225,000km in real-world logistics with Air Products, Amazon, Holcim, Ineos Inovyn and Wiedmann & Winz, as…
Tyrewise marks first year with nearly four million tyres recovered
New Zealand’s nationwide tyre recycling scheme has turned one this week, with Tyrewise reporting nearly four million end-of-life tyres collected for recycling or repurposing since launching on 1 September last year, and more than 5,000 registered partners across the country.
Penske NZ adds new truck dealers to network
Penske New Zealand has expanded its national network, signing three new truck parts and service dealers in Whangarei, Gisborne and Blenheim.