HistoricalThe stone mason and the treeCharles FairbairnFebruary 22, 2019 by Charles FairbairnFebruary 22, 20190674 They cut the old totara tree down in 1949, but the quarry named after it continued to live on in a raft of glorious white...
QuarryingStory of a smaller playerCharles FairbairnFebruary 27, 2015 by Charles FairbairnFebruary 27, 20150769 The dairy boom got Southland’s Hillside Quarry up and running, and the current slump may yet slow it down. HUGH DE LACY checks out a...
Q&MQ&M CommentThe new safety czarCharles FairbairnApril 13, 2014 by Charles FairbairnApril 13, 20140557 He’s the new extractives industry safety czar. He’s from the coalmines of Scotland – and his background includes a Pike River experience of his...
Workplace SafetyWorkplace Health and Safety in perspectiveCharles FairbairnFebruary 4, 2014 by Charles FairbairnFebruary 4, 20140445 In today’s world of competing internet and print publishing it pays to maximise the strengths of your particular sector, and magazines have a huge advantage...