A career in thanks to family and the Barmac
Q&M magazine talks to Ian Rodger about his long career in the extraction industry, and his fortuitous involvement in our greatest contribution to global aggregates...
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Remarkable achievements through sheer determination
Rebecca Finlay has been nominated by Anthony Warren, the quarry manager at Portland Cement, for a 2023 Q&M Tomorrow’s Leader Award. Rebecca started her quarry...
Simply steering the ship
Q&M talks with quarry manager Richie Sutherland who only started in the industry six years ago and has progressed into the role of operations manager...
LOYAL to the COMPANY and a family man at heart
Dylan Kelcher talks with Q&M about his rise and recognition within the industry through his career with Road Metals. Your Father is a well-known industry...
All about good people I have met
Above: Kerry receiving the IOQ Lyn Jordan Award at the 2019 QuarryNZ Conference. In the third profile in our veteran profile series Kerry Reilly writes about...
Andy Loader celebrating 50 years in the industry
At the 1995 conference in Auckland Andy was presented with a Motor Holdings Komatsu Award for services to the IoQ. In the second of our...
Just lovin’ the job
Learning new skills and gaining a qualification are the main drivers for 33-year-old Bonnie Walker who works at Fulton Hogan’s Appleby quarry near Nelson. Richard...
A natural industry leader
In the third and final IOQ Webster Scholarship profile, Alan Titchall catches up with Jake Rouse, the manager of the Western Hills Quarry operation in...
Taking a fresh approach with leadership
As the saying goes, ‘if you always do what you’ve always done, you always get what you’ve always gotten’. With that in mind, Winstone Aggregates...
An opportunity to share with Australia
Kylie Fahey, chief executive at The Institute Of Quarrying Australia, and its president Shane Braddy, spoke online to the 2021 QuarryNZ conference. This is a precis...