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Higher standards for vehicle repairs as more EVs enter NZ
Thursday, 07 June 2018
New standards have been introduced by the country’s largest body of panelbeaters to cope with increasing numbers of EV’s, hybrids and vehicles equipped...
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Panel & Paint
Car owners choosing wrong colours - survey
Wednesday, 01 November 2017
The vast majority of drivers are in the wrong-coloured car for their personality. That’s the...
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Panel & Paint
NZ insurers ‘slow to process vehicle claims’
Tuesday, 01 August 2017
The average time taken to repair a vehicle in New Zealand could be reduced by a...
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Panel & Paint, OEM
Fake body parts ‘part of doing business’
Fake body parts ‘part of doing business’
Wednesday, 08 March 2017
Fake body parts are rife in New Zealand – so much so that “they have become part of doing business...
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Panel & Paint, OEM
Repair vs replace threshold getting lower
Repair vs replace threshold getting lower
Tuesday, 04 October 2016
New cars are far more complex than ever before, and with the rise in the use of new materials...
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Other, Panel & Paint
Overview of the proposed process for commercial, production-based vehicle modifications.
NZTA’s type certification plan
Tuesday, 04 October 2016
In breaking news as we went to press, the New Zealand Transport Agency is proposing changes to...
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Panel & Paint
The challenge of the new normal
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Last month we explored the subject of “the commodity,” and how accepting the way the collision industry is being pushed towards the Australian models is fuelling your own demise.  
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