Apart from occupying the Motor Equipment News editor’s chair, I also sometimes get to test new cars for our sister magazine New Zealand Company Vehicle, both during press launches and in longer (us
I am sure most readers are motorsport fans – I was reminded just how deep and rich the tapestry of New Zealand motorsport runs over the last week – both in person and via the media.
No this is not some cheesy comment but a serious look at the Swiss Cheese Accident Causation Model. This seems to have come up in my reading in multiple different areas recently.
Now the devastating climate events of January and February are starting to move into the rear-view mirror it might be time for owners and managers to sit down and think about having some plans in p
This issue we look at 4WD servicing. We regularly feature different areas where a business could specialise in a different vehicle type such as 4WD, EV or European.
Hope all our readers, especially those in the Auckland area are okay and your family, staff, houses and businesses are all safe after the major flooding at Anniversary weekend.
As I sat to write this final editorial for 2022 I had no idea what I might write about – by definition an editor’s biggest fear is a blank piece of paper waiting for your next editorial!
By the time you read this New Zealand will have completed an amazing month of Motorsport helping make up the deficit in petrol fumes for the sports addicts!
Having published Motor Equipment News for over 20 years, we have seen a few economic cycles come and go. We have also seen that repairers tend to get busier when economic times are not so good.
This month we look at training, which is in the news due to both the current integration of MITO into the new Te Pūkenga structure which incorporates MITO, BCITO, Competenz and Connexis, and becaus
Our Business Torque article this month is from Mat Wylie where he highlights the importance of building your business’s reputation both online and off – well worth a read.
So back to Orange traffic light setting, case numbers are falling, vaccine mandates abandoned in most areas and people are venturing out from their foxholes.