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NZ Contractor magazine's page was created in February 2016. The magazine is available in select retail channels and Koru lounges.

NZ Contractor magazine is a monthly magazine published principally as a membership benefit for six industry association groups including Civil Contractors NZ, Aggregate & Quarry, Crane Association of NZ, Heavy Haulage NZ and Ready Mixed Concrete Association.

07/10/2025

Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor

Caption: J. C. (Jack) Anderson has this British-built Terex 82-40DAB at work on river flood control duties in Southland.
The Andersons were yet another loyal, repeat user of Euclid (and later Terex) equipment.

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07/10/2025

Sneak preview of our November 2025 classic machine profile- on the Cat 215 excavator.

Caption: Early production 96L series Caterpillar 215 with eight-roller track frame and a two-piece main boom. It also has the early style “V” front cab which only lasted a couple of years before Caterpillar updated it to the flat front type.

06/10/2025

Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor

Caption: Terex publicity photo of an 82-40CA push loading another of the company’s products, an S-24 motor scraper, in fairly easy dirt on the Illinois Toll Road extension.
The 82-40 is equipped with a push block on the rear so it can be tandem pushed.
Someone in Terex’s publicity department has airbrushed safety helmets on the operator’s heads although there is not a ROPS in sight!!

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06/10/2025

Archive deep dive back to 2006- check out the profile on the Euclid SS-12 tractor unit.

Caption: Factory photo of a new Euclid SS-12. It is worth noting that all new SS-12s were delivered with bonnet side covers as standard equipment

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05/10/2025

Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor

Caption: This was one of several Terex 82-40DAs owned by New Zealand Forest Products.
With extensive modifications for working amongst the timber, this Terex 82-40DA is fitted with a Carco J-series logging winch.
Photo taken near Kinleith, 1970.

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05/10/2025

13 February 2025: Is there a better example of the opportunities in our industry for young people than Thomas Cherrie? Diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia in his early teens, the traditional classroom environment wasn’t for him, and frustration was spilling over into anxiety and unhappiness. Thomas t...

04/10/2025

Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor

Caption: John Feast was a loyal Euclid/Terex user over the years and owned this Terex 82-40DA model seen here ripping in windy conditions at the Kingston Heights subdivision in Wellington, in October 1973.

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03/10/2025

Fulton Hogan is investing in Toyota’s updated HiLux range with 48-volt technology. This move is part of our broader strategy to embrace new technologies that enable us to meet the infrastructure needs of communities, whilst continuing to take steps to reduce emissions. “We are incorporating hybr...

03/10/2025

Preview of our November 2025 classic machine profile- on the Cat 215 excavator.

Caption: This is the machine that the Caterpillar 215 was broadly based on, an Eder R815. These Deutz powered excavators were reasonably well regarded in their native Germany and were used as the starting point for the new Cat 215 that was only manufactured at Caterpillar's new production facility in Belgium.

03/10/2025

Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor

Caption: Normally employed at his Plimmerton (Wellington) quarry pushing out overburden, Jim Carson’s Terex 82-40 is seen here doing some road widening on the Haywards Hill Road that connects the Hutt Valley to the Kapiti Coast.
The photo was taken in 1973.

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02/10/2025

Sharing pictures from our archives- this is from August 2024's issue- the profile on the Euclid 82-40 tractor

Caption: Although of poorer quality, this image is of the first Euclid branded 82-40 to be delivered in New Zealand in 1968.
Bought by Philp Construction, it is shown at work on the Kapuni Natural Gas Pipeline job with no less than John Philip himself at the controls.
This machine was an early US-manufactured 82-40BA model.

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