Keep On Moving

This month we're back with a Keep On Moving vocational podcast, and we're in front of an icon...Robin Ratcliffe. Born in Hunterville and raised in Taumarunui, Robin heads Modern Transport Group. Today the business is home to 11 individual companies and has an international footprint. Built on a combination of talent, business savvy, and personal values, Robin Ratcliffe is a deep thinker, philosopher, and well-read on any number of topics. We sat down for a couple of hours early in the year to reflect on an amazing life to date, and a To Do list far from complete.

Join the team at New Zealand Trucking Media as they talk with senior industry people on business at the moment, direction, and state of the industry and economy
We're back with a transport business in the Wider View this month. One of the country's oldest, in fact. Chris Carr is generation five and managing director of his family's buisiness Car & Haslam, now 162 years in the game. The business has already traded through an energy transition and any number of wars, so he's the man for the month without question. Any time you have the pleasure and priviledge of Chris's company, it's always a case of buckle up, becuse this is going to be fun!

In the OEM update, we talk with a broad cross section of original equipment suppliers to the New Zealand industry.
We sit for a chat with general manager for UD Trucks New Zealand Zane Erwee. UD's new mid-range Condor arrives here this month, opening up a new market segment for the company. We chat about the product, the opportunity, preparation, and the legacy.

We need to find out more about the new world heading our way. Powering On talks to people in the know and those who have already headed off on a new propulsion journey. We aim to make it not too techy, delivering useful information for those who will still be responsible for delivering our new tomorrow.
In the first of our semi regualr Powering On series we're calling TR Tomorrrow, we catch up with TR Group's energy and emissions reduction lead Scott Donnelly, to chat about the myriad of things on the go in the business.   

Clear the Air is the section where co-host Dave McCoid and his good mate and Environmental champion Lindsay Wood discuss the climate and envirionmental issues of the day, as they should be discussed - respectfully!
Are we staring down the gun barrel of an energy hourse of cards? Lindsay and Dave get into everything from the cutting edge energy work of Simon Michaux, to AI, to the crazy old world we find ourselves in. Buckle up!

Clear the Air is the section where co-host Dave McCoid and his good mate and Environmental champion Lindsay Wood discuss the climate and environmental issues of the day, as they should be discussed – respectfully!
Following the UK’s National Emergency Briefing comes the hard-hitting Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security report. The March 2026 New Zealand Trucking magazine Clear the Air article was titled 'Far Out On Thinning Ice' – for good reason according to Lindsay Wood.

We need to find out more about the new world heading our way. Powering On talks to people in the know and those who have already headed off on a new propulsion journey. We aim to make it not too techy, delivering useful information for those who will still be responsible for delivering our new tomorrow.
In March, WM commissioned its first Mercedes-Benz eEconic refuse collection truck. New Zealand Trucking magazine editor Gavin Myers covered the launch for the UDC Business of Trucking Powering On section.

The intellectual might of New Zealand Trucking Media brings all they have to the table in a post-workday chat at their local. Sometimes they convince some poor unfortunate soul to join them. The result is more often than not ….. concerning.
This month the lads go deep into the Artemis II toilet issue, among other serious subjects. It's a shit show!