Call for QuarryNZ papers
The 2025 QuarryNZ Conference organising committee are asking for readers who are interested in presenting papers at the conference to submit them by December 13....
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Women in Extractives stars
Caption: Wayne Scott, AQA; Charlotte Buxton-Blue; Charlotte Harrison; Tara Edwards-Tusa; and Josie Vidal, Straterra. The Komatsu Women in Extractives lunch and awards ceremony, celebrating diversity...
We need to yell harder
There is a lot of uncertainty at this moment in time, but one thing can’t be argued, the importance of the aggregate industry to our...
Quarrying in the fast-lane
Mike Doesburg, Partner, Wynn Williams, looks at stone, sand and streamlined approvals. The Covid-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act 2020 (the Act) was a short-term measure...
Kaipara draws first line in the sand
The country’s first major manufactured sand operation is due to start operation within weeks to supply Auckland and Waikato concrete manufacturers. From AQA News/Q&M magazine...
Digging deeper
Mike Doesburg, Partner at Wyn Williams, reflects on resource management law and the quarrying and mining sector over the next year. As I wrote this...
A career in thanks to family and the Barmac
Image: Never one to miss a QuarryNZ Conference – Ian Rodger at the 2023 AQA-IOQ conference in Christchurch. Q&M magazine talks to Ian Rodger about...
Moving forward with political change
Our first three-party coalition Government involves a cabinet where all parties are represented and with a balance of party policies and promises. NZ First Leader...
Reflections on Japanese Culture – why Aunty Netta likes ‘simple’
Netta Burnside files her report from the second-hand machinery auction frontline in Japan. Japan is an incredibly advanced country. As well as designing some of...
Caring about sound science – carbon is not carbon dioxide
Roy Cordato, Senior Economist Emeritus at the John Locke Foundation, argues the importance of using the correct terminology in climate discussions. Carbon dioxide – A...