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ProfileQ&MTomorrow's Leaders

A born leader

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Image: Morgan receiving his Tomorrow’s Leader Award at the TDX-sponsored QuarryNZ conference award dinner in Hamilton this year. Morgan Ringrose has worked at Winstone’s Whitehall...
FeatureQ&MVeteran Profiles

A veteran coal miner and West Coast gentleman

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Image: Henry Walter Bell and Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae at Government House, Wellington, May 22, 2015 Now in his 90th year, Harry Bell is a...
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A family affair in Northland

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Image: The Bellingham Quarries team. Operating for over 100 years, family-owned Bellingham Quarries have a long and interesting history in the Far North region, writes...
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Coal bucket protesters strengthen our resolve

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After 23 days of illegal coal bucket occupation at Ngakawau, Bathurst Resources does not want the trespassers back, and is taking steps to make sure...
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Intro to the M03 2025 sub-base spec

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Back in August the new M03 Sub-base (2025) specification and notes were introduced for public use, replacing the old Sub-base notes from 1986, explains Mike...
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An industry NES makes sense

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A national environmental standard for quarrying will help streamline the resource consent process for future aggregate supply, benefitting not only those quarrying but also the...
Classic MachinesQ&M

A really big tractor: the Caterpillar D10

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Image: Very early production Caterpillar D10 goes about its business in some fairly heavy rock, a normal operating environment for this machine when it first...
ObituaryQ&M

Farewell to an industry friend

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I never met our longest contributor to this magazine in person. He passed away not long after making one of his numerous, short phone calls...
ProfileQ&M

Northern Irish equipment legacy

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Image: Neil (right) with colleague Nathan Stearns. Q&M magazine talks with Neil Loughran, the Technical Services Manager at Sanland Equipment and a recipient of a...
LegalQ&M

Litigation can be costly

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Mike Doesburg, Partner, and Emma Burns, Solicitor, in the Environment, Planning and Local Government Team at Wynn Williams navigate the possible cost risks in the...