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 [...]
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 Palliser at the southernmost point of the North Island is one of the windiest places in the country. The roads in the area [...]
When Sofia Marilla left her factory job inspecting vegetables for a living and told her road engineer father she was going to follow his [...]
From the Far North to the West Coast, New Zealand has been hammered by heavy rain and flooding in recent weeks, brought on by [...]
When the snow starts falling on State Highway 5 between Napier and Taupo, Jon Gray gets going. The Higgins Road Maintenance Supervisor is responsible [...]
After 15 years working on and off in the infrastructure industry, Kaikohe’s Tania Wihongi is a driver, operator and crew leader for Fulton Hogan [...]
It’s one road in and one road out to Milford Sound. The steep and winding State Highway 94 and narrow Homer Tunnel cut through [...]
“It sounds funny, but when you work on a highway, it’s very satisfying,” says Jess Wilson, a Pilot Vehicle Driver for SouthRoads. “Putting in [...]
If someone says there’s a problem that “can’t be fixed”, Tony Sena is ready to prove them wrong. The 39-year-old Albanian-Kiwi is an Asset [...]
In his two decades working on New Zealand’s roads, Ed Tuira has almost seen it all. Dealing with fallen trees, debris, potholes and traffic [...]