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New CEO for AQA and MinEx

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The Aggregate and Quarry Association (AQA) and the Mining Extractive Health and Safety Council (MinEx) have appointed Denise Mackay as their new Chief Executive. Denise...
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Health and Safety first

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Image: MinEx Chair Joe Edwards, right, with MinEx Chief Executive Wayne Scott, left, prior to a visit to the CIP project in 2023. MinEx Chair...
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One woman’s balancing act

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Image: Heather at Wharariki Beach (Golden Bay) with her two daughters Lucy and Ruby. Heather McKay, Westland Mineral Sands Environment and Sustainability Group General Manager,...
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Looking back with pride

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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....
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All in a day’s work – complete with cake

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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...
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A unique quarry experience

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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...
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Always looking forward

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Q&M talks again with Zak Reilly who was a recipient of a 2022 Q&M Tomorrow’s Leader Award when he was with J Swap Contractors’ Taotaoroa...
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Leadership WIN for Stockton water engineer

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Image: Jodi Murray. Jodi Murray was awarded the Komatsu Women in Extractives ‘Leader of the Year’ 2025 – an honour that came as a bit...
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Forging a path in mining

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A winner of the Extractives Industry Trailblazer Award was Kirsty Hollis, a woman with many ‘firsts’ in the industry, all of which are simply the...
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An outspoken advocate for industry health

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Image: Jo Prigmore began her career in the UK in a histology lab as a registered biomedical scientist with a master’s degree in asbestos-related disease....