2025 has been a busy year for Rural Contractors NZ – informing, advising and supporting its many members as well as putting together a Winter Roadshow to provide members with an alternative to attending
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Special feature: Detail Solutions
Keeping machinery clean on both the exterior and interior plays an important role in overall maintenance of a fleet.
It’s an opportunity to check for any minor (or major damage), wear and tear, and of
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RCNZ 2025 special feature: CEO message
RCNZ CEO Andrew Olsen says rural contractors head into the 2025/26 season with optimism, thanks to strong farmgate prices, workforce progress, and safety support
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Farm advice: Pig butchering scams
Pig butchering scams are hitting everyday Kiwis, including rural communities. Learn how they work, why they succeed, and the red flags to protect yourself.
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Cover story: Alpine Buildings (Kalin Contracting)
Kalin Contracting’s new Alpine shed delivers space, strength, and flexibility — a purpose-built base designed to protect machinery and future-proof the business
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Trailer Showcase: Stewart Trailers
Trailer Talk
James and Mandy Stewart started Stewart Trailers in 1988, nestled in the productive, fertile lowlands of Aberdeenshire County. And while this is ostensibly the opposite site of the
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Trailer Showcase: Farmec
Gary Baker is leading the charge with over 30 years of experience both here and in the UK. Farmec has grown and evolved thanks to his understanding of the unique challenges faced by New Zealand’s agricultural
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Telehandler Showcase: New Holland Elite
The main reason for this upsize is that the Elite Series machine was also the only telehandler in our lineup to have a longitudinally mounted engine (which did offer up some unexpected benefits). Another
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Telehandler Showcase: Schäffer
I would put pivot steer telescopic loaders in the same basket as pickup hitches on tractors; not many people have them, but once you have had one, you find it hard to live without it.
With the Schäffer
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Telehandler Showcase 2025: Kramer
Fast forward to 1959 and Kramer’s foray into the loader market launched with its all-wheel drive shovel loader. The year 2000 saw the company acquire Neuson, and then in 2007 it purchased Wacker. Now
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