Opportunities to kickstart your civil infrastructure career in 2025
The civil infrastructure industry looks set to start gathering steam in 2025, with a series of major national and regional projects expected to create [...]
Natalie’s path: from cleaning motel rooms to maintaining Coromandel roads
It all began with a chance encounter with a road crew at a hotel near the town of Coromandel. Natalie Walker was working as [...]
Jamie’s story: from Covid cleaner to building critical infrastructure
When the first Covid lockdown hit New Zealand in March 2020, there wasn’t much work for young baker Jamie Leitch. But he made his [...]
Clearing the way: BOP road worker recalls crucial days after Cyclone Gabrielle
One year on from the devastating impact of Cyclone Gabrielle, Shayden Taumata remembers trying to clear her way through piles of slash higher than [...]
Five of NZ’s most epic holiday drives and the heroic road workers behind them
New Zealand is blessed with epic drives and the best time to enjoy them is over the summer months. We’ve put together a top-five [...]
Second chance helps discover passion for road maintenance
When Corinne Piu arrived on Tonga’s main island on her way home after failing the first year of her engineering degree in New Zealand [...]
‘Cape crusader’: champion excavator operator keeping roads open at Cape Palliser
Cape Palliser at the southernmost point of the North Island is one of the windiest places in the country. The roads in the area [...]
Engineering student building a family legacy with road maintenance career
When Sofia Marilla left her factory job inspecting vegetables for a living and told her road engineer father she was going to follow his [...]
Unsung heroes: the workers keeping roads open through winter
From the Far North to the West Coast, New Zealand has been hammered by heavy rain and flooding in recent weeks, brought on by [...]
Snow ploughs and good people keep the Napier-Taupo highway open
When the snow starts falling on State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo, Jon Gray gets going. The Higgins Road Maintenance Supervisor is responsible [...]