Me haere ahau
Alan Titchall’s last editorial after 20 years editing Q&M magazine. This is my final Q&M magazine and it’s an information ripper as we prepare you...
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Looking back with pride
His baptism of fire was the Boatmans Mine disaster of 1985, just weeks after he joined the NZ Mines Rescue Service as a brigade member....
All in a day’s work – complete with cake
How Nicole Pierce’s varied job description is a totally Kiwi thing – right down to a bit of home baking, explains Jane Warwick. Sometimes it...
Sharing a jumping goat in Reefton
From 17–19 April 2026, around 20 IOQ members, mostly from Canterbury, visited Reefton’s mines and explored the region’s rich mining history. Thanks go to John...
World War One miners honoured
Image: Front row left to right: Event organiser Sue Baker Wilson leads 95 year-old descendant Ernie MacManus. In April, descendants of men from WW1 NZ...
Paper roads – real limits
Megan Crocket, Special Counsel, Tompkin Wake, says there is a useful guidance for local authorities from the Court of Appeal in Ours Not Mines Ltd...
A unique quarry experience
Image: Jack spent a summer in Antarctica through Fulton Hogan, operating the Grey Chutes Quarry for the United States Antarctic Programme. Q&M magazine talks to...
AQA submission on new Resource Management Bills
The AQA submission on the Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill stresses that a National Environment Standard (NES) for quarrying is essential to provide a...
Planning and Natural Environment Bills too risk-averse
The NZ Minerals Council calls for more “innovation” and flexibility for mining and less environmental fretting in its submission to the Government’s proposed planning and...