Attitude gets the job
Driving our biggest mining machine Nineteen-year-old Ella didn’t think she stood a chance, when she applied to be a forklift operator at a quarry. Story...
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Industry born and bred
The New Zealand that quarryman Roger Jordan returned to after more than a decade in Hong Kong was very different from the country he’d left...
Attitude gets the job driving our biggest miner machine
Nineteen-year-old Ella didn’t think she stood a chance, when she applied to be a forklift operator at a quarry. Story supplied by AB Lime. Ella...
Saluting a veteran
When Keith Tahu retired at the end of last year from Bellingham Quarries in Kaitaia, where he worked with three generations of the Bellingham family,...
A Pearl of wisdom
Hawke’s Bay civil operations manager Pearl Jury became the first woman to gain her Civil Trades certification, the nationally recognised accreditation programme for civil contractors....
In the safety seat
There’s been steady progress on site safety, but there’s a heap more to do, according to WorkSafe’s new Chief Inspector Extractives. HUGH DE LACY explains....
A veteran’s wise words
Veteran George Cunningham has been involved in the quarrying industry for as long as it takes to earn a retirement pension. HUGH DE LACY caught...
A sister act
Gemma and Megan Leeson are not what you expect from your average quarry worker. They’re young, related and they’re female. MARY SEARLE BELL explains. While...
In his father’s footsteps
Jayden Ellis is technical operations manager for Stevenson Construction Materials group. He joined the company 25 years ago as a trainee laboratory technician. He talks...
Crusher modelling
Peter Fraser is best known for his modified Kumbee Hammermill design, but his perfectly scaled crusher models are works of art. BACK IN THE 1970s...