AGGREGATE & QUARRY ASSOCIATION
The Government needs to include quarries as well as farmland in fresh considerations of using wetlands to absorb carbon, says the Aggregate & Quarry Association (AQA). A Cabinet paper just released says New Zealand is relying too much on planting exotic forests to...
Forest & Bird is calling for rivers to be allowed to flood and people living near them funded to move away while refusing to support a much simpler, less expensive option, says a quarry industry leader. Newshub last night reported some Hawke’s Bay people are...
More than 600 people from NZ and overseas gather at Christchurch’s convention centre this week for the first QuarryNZ conference since the city’s earthquakes. Aggregate & Quarry Association CEO Wayne Scott says it’s another milestone in the city’s rebuild and...
Do people come before nature? It’s an age-old issue which comes into sharp focus as New Zealand grapples with climate change, large scale farming practices and urban expansion. I’m a staunch supporter of maintaining and improving our environment – but like most Kiwis,...
Children from an urban Auckland school and a rural Otago school are the winners of the Rock our Future competition for 2022. Twelve finalists were selected from over 100 entries, and delegates at the July QuarryNZ conference in New Plymouth voted, resulting in winners...
Article by Brad Olsen, Infometrics New analysis from Infometrics points to a considerable lift in infrastructure investment over the next decade, as maintenance and upgrades of local networks ratchet up. Our analysis extends our infrastructure horizon until 2031 and...
