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Nominations for the MTA Board
Ensuring all people have access to employment and that workplaces encourage diversity is very important and good business.
As in previous years, electionz.com has been appointed as the Returning Officer for the 2022 election process, and members should have received an email outlining the nomination process and access to the nomination documents.
The pictures from Nelson in particular have been hard to believe – especially as the region rightly enjoys a reputation as one of our sunniest spots.
Leaving the planet a better place
There are no boundaries on who’s eligible, companies or individuals, and there are two granting rounds in the year.
Supporting workers after trauma
So it’s perhaps timely that this issue of Radiator focusses largely on sustainability. Sustainability is more than a buzzword – it’s a way of ensuring we leave the planet a better place for our kids and Itgrandkids.alsooffers opportunities to grow business. In the
If you have any questions about the nomination process, you can phone the Returning Officer tollfree on 0800 666 029. Nominations close 5pm, Tuesday 20 September.
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It feels like it’s barely stopped raining since I last wrote my Radiator column. I hope those of you in flood-affected areas have come through unscathed, and with the minimum of disruption and Asinconvenience.always,ifthere is anything we can do to support you, please call us on 0800 00 11 44.
The Inspiring Futures Foundation is doing just that. It offers grants for advancing the education and training of people working and studying in the automotive industry.
following pages, there are great articles featuring members who are taking advantage of the new landscape. I hope you find value in these pages.
The fund – which is sizeable offers industries the opportunity to achieve really positive learning impacts for learners, employers and the learning Theseenvironment.grants, which go up to $100,000, can encourage and support the young people who are so important to our future. You don’t need me to tell you that we are facing a critical labour shortage at the moment.
Our school students and leavers need to see that the automotive is innovative, socially and environmentally responsible and a home for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. And employers should welcome the support that Inspiring Futures offers.
The Inspiring Futures Foundation grants are a fantastic opportunity as we transition from MITO to Te Pūkenga. There’s an informative website you can visit for more information at inspiringfutures.nz/grants. Please visit it, have a read, and share the link with anyone you think might be interested.
Access to MTA’s Human Resources team is part of your membership. Scan here to watch Tracey Mclaughlin discuss the service and how it can help you!
Access to help and professional support is crucial.
Of course, any conversation about extreme weather events these days is often followed shortly afterwards by one about climate change.
Alternatively, you can find the nomination form and information in the MTA Toolbox.
Inspiring futures
One part of sustainability that is often overlooked is the emphasis on people.
Be mindful that people may have delayed reactions to trauma, and may require flexibility and understanding in the days and weeks after the traumatic event.
A crisis or traumatic event can affect people in different ways. It’s important to look after yourself, and your workers, following a crisis or traumatic event.
IAN PIKE Chief Executive
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But we won’t rest on our laurels. We’ll stay vigilant to keep Radiator as clean and green as possible.
When I said this issue was all about sustainability, that wasn’t quite true. It’s also about success. We were determined to focus not on doom and disruption, but on finding the gold in the green.
Then there’s Westpac, which has started a lower-interest personal loan for people to buy electric vehicles, including EVs, ebikes, escooters and emopeds.
So how does the magazine you’re holding measure up environmentally? Pretty well, actually.
is pushing it (and if you think all that will change if the blue party gets into power, you’re wrong).
• paper stocks are sourced from mills certified ISO14001 in environmental management
As part of producing this issue, we ran an audit of our paper, print, and packaging process.
By Simon Bradwell
Ford – Ford! took over the
• pulp comes from farmed trees interspersed with other crops to maintain local biodiversity
Here’s what we found
As we researched this issue, we realised it doesn’t matter if you believe the Earth is in a naturally occurring warming phase and man-made climate change is as credible as the tooth fairy, because change in our industry is no longer coming it’s here. It’s here because consumers are demanding it, manufacturers are responding to it, and Government
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Radiator measures up
NZ Herald website to advertise its EV and PHEV range - something that would have been unheard of even a year ago.
• they have a comprehensive recycling programme.
Smart marketing
While sustainability is going to feature regularly in future issues of Radiator, we’re still big fans of ICE vehicles, which are going to be around for a long time yet, have a crucial role in our communities and a big part
You’re holding a very special issue of Radiator. One that’s been months in planning and production, and that we believe is essential reading for every MTA Asmember.isevident from our cover, this issue is devoted almost entirely to Why?sustainability.Because quite simply we think sustainability is one of the biggest challenges to the automotive industry in 100 years. We all need to find ways to prosper in this brave new world. That’s why MTA has put sustainability front and centre in the strategic plan, hence this issue of Radiator. The biggest part of our sustainability journey is supporting and guiding you on Ouryours.industry is clearly going through a transformation;
We found that a recent survey of hundreds of local managers found more than half would be more likely to buy from a business with a net carbon-zero target. That number went up to 63 percent when it focussed on the ‘millennial’ age bracket.
They told us that:
But then we thought, that’s really smart, isn’t it?
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Members’ success
We even have a story about NZ Post rolling out a hydrogen truck, a trailblazer for what could
And those millennials are future customers, so anyone writing them off as ‘woke’ does so at their peril. They’re also the future workforce. We all know about the horrendous labour shortage out there – it’s pretty obvious we have to connect with those same millennials, and the even younger Generation Z, and attract them to our industry by showing commitment to innovation and sustainability.
Like Chris Greaney, who converted his century-old family repair business into a Tesla specialist. Or Glenn Thorley, who’s aiming to be the most sustainable workshop in the country, and getting customer love as a result. We worked with members who are dealers, repairers, fuel stations and in collision repair, who outlined how they’ve made sustainability key to ongoing business success.
None more so than Z Energy, who recently ran a national advertising campaign, proclaiming: “We’re in the business of getting out of the petrol business.” Say whaaat?
Charity begins at home, and for many people so does sustainability. We’re no exception.
a period of upheaval and challenge that will have widespread and profound effects on businesses in every branch of our sector in years to come. We knew when we began writing this issue that fossil fuels and the internal combustion engine (ICE) have ruled our industry for more than 100 years. But what became quickly apparent is the winds of change are blowing, and in this case it’s better to be a windmill than a windbreak.
The ICE age
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The signs of change are a bit like EVs on our roads once we started looking, we started seeing them everywhere. More and more traditional ICE manufacturers are going electric, charging stations popping up, and businesses are trumpeting their sustainability credentials.
For a start, the clear wrapping Radiator comes in is part of the soft plastics programme and can be recycled by dropping it at a collection point. You don’t even need to take the label off. There’s plenty of information about that at recycling.kiwi.nz. We then asked our printer for specifics about production.
It’s smart because consumers across all markets are increasingly making choices based on sustainability. Sooner or later, it will reach your business.
• ink containing isopropyl alcohol is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but they have eliminated it from their printing process
So we talked to members who have seen sustainability coming, and made bold choices and changes to profit from it, while all the time ensuring they leave the planet a better place.
We are grateful to them for sharing their insights with all Wemembers.wanted to hear from the Beehive, so we commissioned exclusive columns by Green Party leader James Shaw and National Party Environment Spokesperson Scott Simpson –essential reading.
become industry standard. But let’s be clear, we’re not suddenly becoming anti-ICE hippies and wrapping our arms round the nearest pohutukawa!
Our brave new world
Fast battery breakthrough
• Increase zero-emissions vehicles to 30 percent of the light fleet by 2035.
Four members from across our industry with a story to share. A story of turning sustainability into success. Different businesses, same message: if they’re making sustainability work for them, others can too.
• Reduce total kilometres travelled by the light fleet by 20 percent by 2035.
“Fast charging is the key to increasing consumer confidence and overall adoption of electric vehicles,” says Eric.
While we’ve focussed on the positive for this issue, Radiator will keep a critical eye over the Government’s Clean Car ForProgramme.instance, the confusion created by the introduction of the Clean Car Discount was more widespread and disruptive than Government acknowledged.
to play in sustainability through measures like emissions testing and servicing – a blind spot in the Government’s thinking thus far. More widespread and regular servicing would cut emissions drastically, while being good business for MTA members.
The Health and Air Pollution in New Zealand 2016 study released earlier this year found that, based on data from 2016, 3,300 people were dying yearly because of air pollution, and it was mostly because of cars.
Dave Boot, EV City.
According to The Washington Post, US Government researchers say they’ve found a way to charge electric car batteries up to 90 percent in just 10 Theminutes.method is likely a few years away from making its way into the market, scientists say, but would mark a fundamental shift.
Those targets have been set because transport is one of our largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for approximately 17 percent of gross domestic emissions.
Usain Bolt couldn’t have devised a quicker timeframe for change, while the proposed emissions testing requirements that underpin the Clean Car Standard are harsh. There will be consequences for members and consumers that MTA vigorously opposes, and Radiator will cover. You’re holding a very special edition of Radiator. Enjoy reading it.
The social cost of these health impacts was estimated to be $15.6
Alex Hensley, Blair Wright Group Jimmy Ormsby, Waitomo Group.
• Simon Bradwell is MTA’s Media and PR Manager. He’s currently also leading MTA’s sustainability strategy.
More information can be found eurekalert.org/news-releases/960985at:
• Reduce the emissions intensity of transport fuel by 10 percent by 2035.
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If you don’t read anything else in this magazine, please read their stories.
Glenn Thorley, Grimmer Motors.
Thosebillion.results so shocked the researchers that they had to review their results twice.
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Exposure to it was sending more than 13,000 people to hospital for respiratory and cardiac illnesses and giving the same number of children asthma.
Sustainable success members speak
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A quick-charge car battery may be on the horizon.
WORLD NEWS
The Government’s targets for reducing harmful emissions are clear:
that incorporate charging data to create unique charging protocols. By inputting information about the condition of many lithium-ion batteries during their charging and discharging cycles, the scientists trained the machine learning analysis to predict lifetimes and the ways that different designs would eventually fail. The team then fed that data back into the analysis to identify and optimise new protocols that they then tested on real batteries.
• Support people to walk, cycle and use public transport.
“The goal is to get very, very close to [times] you would see at the gas pump,” says Eric Dufek, a lead author of the study and scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory, a research centre run by the US Department of Energy.
Government targets
Eric and his team at the Idaho National Laboratory report the use of machine-learning techniques
• Reduce emissions from freight transport by 35 percent by 2035.
In late 2017 I was working for a traditional ICE dealer in WeChristchurch.hadafew electric vehicles on our yard and as the dealer principal of the yard I found my staff were terrified of EV Incustomers.onespecific example, an appointment had been made by a customer to come in and learn about an EV.
I spent about 15 minutes learning about the different terms and the points of interest and spent the next two hours with the Thecustomer.owner of the business took the lead from his salespeople and wouldn’t buy or stock EVs because the staff wouldn’t sell them.
That moment is getting ever closer for EVs.
I can’t say get educated often enough, because all the answers are there, and once you understand EVs, adoption is a no Andbrainer.what’s coming next year in the Clean Car Standard is really going to result in seeing the most significant change in what vehicles are available on dealers’
We have been sitting around 1.5 percent now for a few months and I imagine it won’t be too long, maybe the end of next year or the year after, when we will hit that 2.5 percent mark.
Generally, people who have bought hybrids as a pathway argue that because of the distance they travel, a fully electric vehicle isn’t suitable.
Dave Boot is an MTA member and owner of dealership EV City Christchurch, which has an incredible 99 percent approval rating from its customers on its reviews page. Dave has a frontline view of the electric vehicle landscape and is an avid champion of them. His mantra is to show everyone from MTA members to school children that they are not a fad, but a new horizon for the industry.
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Get educated
In this industry we often refer to the adoption of electric vehicles as similar to the bell curve and how that worked during the adoption of cellphones.
“Nutjobs”
but jeez, do they love ripping me to bits about selling battery electric vehicles.
I imagine the current attitude towards EVs is similar to what was experienced 100 years ago when people were phasing out horses and buying this new thing called a motorcar.
Really it isn’t a threat, it’s just a different vehicle.
Between them, EVs and ICE vehicles share a lot of commonality, the only real difference is a different power plant.
Here’sNonsense.why: the further you drive the more sense it makes to buy an electric vehicle, because there is a quicker return on your investment and the more money you are going to save.
The popularity of EVs can't help but grow. The more people that have them, the more their friends will get to ride in them and drive them and then, all of a sudden, they will be into them.
What this means is there needs to be an awful lot of EVs sold to offset the ICE vehicles still being sold. This might be just what it takes to see 2.5 percent on the bell curve. And you know what that means.
No naysayers
If the naysayers were to put two or three EVs through their workshop, I guarantee they will find them not so bad, they are pretty simple.
Dave Boot.
It can be a bit confronting for a 25-year-old salesman who has been selling internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to suddenly have a customer asking about the kilowatt hours of a Nissan It’sLeaf.probably as confusing as relating horsepower to a petrol engine was. But it is a term that can be understood with a bit of reading and there is nothing scary in that.
The best salesman on the yard said: “Dave, you’re gonna have to take this one for me, these EV guys are nutjobs, aren’t they, so you might have to help me out.”
transmission to that technology becomes unstoppable.
Just like then, the motorcar will naturally evolve. Stalwarts will be left behind and it will be a game for people who haven’t been ingrained in that older Itechnology.sitonthelocal MTA council with other guys in the industry and they are a lovely bunch of blokes,
I hear them say electric vehicles are just a fad and they will never be a big thing in New Zealand “Don’t worry, we will get past this madness of the Labour Government” is a typical comment.
The bell curve tolls
In a bell curve, when 2.5 percent of a population adopts a new technology, the mass
And what is really going to make that happen is how affordable and cool electric vehicles are Partbecoming.ofthe driver in popularity is people aren’t switching to them just because they are green, but because they are a cool piece of technology.
There is a lack of reading and listening in the motor industry and there is a desire for the EV fad to be over and done with. It’s not going to happen. What is holding some people back is a lack of EV education and it’s challenging for those individuals who don’t understand how they work and it makes them nervous.
Lack of knowledge
There would have been the similar sort of pushback that I have experienced with electric vehicles, and you don’t see many horses on the streets now.
Ityards.sets a target of grams per kilometre per car. Last year it was 69 grams and in five years’ time it goes down to 63.
A misconception is a hybrid is considered a pathway to driving an EV. In reality they are nothing like an electric vehicle. The better path to an EV is to do it in one fell swoop.
The critical 2.5 percent
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Glenn Thorley.
I see hybrids as a major opportunity. They are more complex than straight ICE vehicles, which means greater opportunity for repairs and maintenance. Therefore, we currently specialise in hybrid vehicles and are doing a reasonable volume of hybrid batteries. My personal opinion is that to meet emission standards, hybrids will be the main vehicle type purchased over the next 10 to 15 years, with slow and gradual uptake of electric vehicles as cost and infrastructure allow. Once you have a good understanding of hybrid vehicles and their technology, it’s a fairly easy transition into working on fully electric vehicles.
Change courtesy cars to hybrids, it will give customers a taste of what is out there if they have never driven one and they are cheaper to run.
And for the customer, it makes invoicing easy, with no surprises for the customer, which keeps them happy and giving 5-star Google reviews!
From a marketing point of view if all other factors are similar (pricing, location, service) and a customer has a choice of an automotive business that has a reputation for caring about sustainability and one that has a poor reputation around sustainability, which do you think they will choose? This is especially true for environmentally conscious businesses that want to align with other environmentally conscious businesses.
Develop and document great systems
Sharing the load
3. Embrace new technology and marketing opportunities.
5. Build a reputation for environmental and technological sustainability.
Get into recycling everything you can, from the paper in the office to packaging in the workshop. Straightaway your business is reducing its carbon footprint. Gain further credits and goodwill by using your scrap metal and battery income for donations to a native tree charity.
A bonus to this is it helps prevent the vehicle owner from ‘shopping around’ for pricing and allows parts to be ordered in advance, avoiding a hoist being tied up while waiting for parts.
2. Recruit and train great people to use the systems well.
Let’s look at those individually.
I looked at the long-term sustainability for my business and settled on a few key goals I believe I need to achieve.
The way that has worked for me successfully in the past is to build great systems as above and train great people to run them. That frees my time to work on marketing and financials and to do the all-important strategic planning (as well as HR, H&S and so on).
I become time-poor and can feel burnt out on a regular basis (wondering why I am doing it!).
Glenn Thorley, owner of small Hamilton repair shop Grimmer Motors, shares his knowledge on what it means to be sustainable in the repair sector and simple steps to get on with it while building a more profitable business.
For my business to be sustainable long term (even after my retirement age) it needs to be able to run smoothly and profitably without me. If I am having to be on the ‘wheel’ every day with all the day-to-day operational issues that come up, then
4. Work on the business, not in the business.
The other major sustainability risk we all face is a lack of trained technical people, in my case qualified automotive technicians. I have just gone through the Immigration New Zealand accreditation and job check process, with approval to employ three qualified migrant mechanics. All things being equal, they should be working here by roughly October 2022.
Sustainably profitable
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Embrace new technology and marketing opportunities
Build a reputation for environmental and technology sustainability
Getting started
My definition of a sustainable business is an environmentally friendly, profitable business that runs without me long term even after I retire.
My belief is that for an auto repair business to be sustainable long term, it will need to embrace working on these vehicles sooner rather than later.
Some easy ways to get started on a more sustainable path are just above your head. LED lighting in place of fluorescent tubes saves money and is cheaper to run.
An aspect of any auto repair business that I feel is crucial to its long-term sustainability is the ability for non-technical people to estimate jobs accurately and quickly. This is crucial given the skills shortage New Zealand is facing. If you lose key people or the owner is not available, this area
can really suffer. This is why we created a new estimating system for auto repair work. It means anyone with basic training can estimate jobs accurately and profitably with no prior automotive knowledge and it takes the reliance off one or two people in the business.
Recruit and train great people to use the systems well
1. Develop and document great systems (frees up my time).
Building a reputation for environmental and technology sustainability is crucial.
Whether you believe in climate change or not, the generations coming after us predominately do, and they are our current and future customers. Positioning yourself as a business that cares about the environment can only be good for the planet, society and your income!
No-one wants them and it would be great if we had the same system as in Europe where the plastics are sent back to the manufacturer for recycling or they are recycled into something useful.
Things can turn really nasty if you don’t follow the right procedure.
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Finding solutions
EVs have panel construction the same as most modern cars, but to deal with them is a little bit more complicated if the car needs welding.
Recycle everything
Part of the new pathway in modern automotive repair has painters learning about modern panel repair methods and we as panel repairers are learning what they do; it makes us more efficient at what we do.
To get around this, a solution I am looking at is using pry bars and a glue tab pulling system to remove dents without the need to weld.
It means there is no need for welding and no need for a mains battery disconnection, and it makes the whole process of working on an EV really time efficient.
I am looking at equipment that will allow us to work on aluminium. We aren’t set up to deal with it at the moment and we have to outsource the job if one comes in.
If we don’t do our jobs to 100 percent, then it can make a painter’s job more difficult and vice versa.
We are also looking at ways to protect staff using the latest in dust masks; back when I started there wasn’t the same awareness of what we were working with.
The more knowledge shared across trades, the more the opportunity to make the business far more efficient. It means we know what both trades need to be done to complete the repair and we have a better process in place to complete our part of the
MEMBER COLUMN - COLLISION REPAIR
Workshop team leader Alex Hensley shares his knowledge on how to keep up with the ever-evolving panel repair sector. He’s been with the Blair Wright Group since starting his apprenticeship 17 years ago, and looking for ways to work efficiently and increase business is a main focus for him.
understanding of what you are dealing with and the confidence to do the job.
What tends to happen is we replace the panels if they are not welded-on ones, but my thinking is there is a business opportunity missed to repair rather than replace.
Make sure your workshop gear is the best for the job.
Ijob.never
It is the same for a lot of the plastic used on cars, I am looking at systems that will make repairing of
An eye on tech
It’s been constant change in technology since I did my apprenticeship. Nowadays we have a lot of crossover in skills between panel repair and paint and with new tech there is more and more we can do to attract new business.
The pulling machine system.
EVs are opening up new opportunities for panel repair; more and more they are becoming part of the day-to-day repair work at our workshop.
At the moment, I am doing a list of current equipment in our workshop with the view of updating the tools so that we can efficiently tackle any job that comes in.
realised how much change there would be in panelbeating when I first came into the industry, but I think the constant learning is what keeps me at it.
This is also really helpful on EVs as often there are electronics behind a panel that you can’t see, so this system is far less invasive.
Left to right: Apprentices Charley and Leo with Alex Hensley.
plastic more efficient for us also.
To keep up with the latest technology on how to deal with them correctly, the first thing I did was to look at what courses I could do to make sure we were prepared for these latest changes. One I found really useful was the I-CAR EV course. It goes through all the various models and battery types, the types of battery cells we might come across, and how to deal with them.
There have always been changes in cars with the increased use of computers, but those changes were not as big as switching to working on EVs. Training to work on the EVs has also helped futureproof the business. Rather than having to turn away work because we are unsure how to deal with an EV, we can attract business because we have the knowledge to get the job done.
Keeping up with education on new developments is also a great way to future-proof the business and along with all the latest technology there are always smarter ways to do repairs.
We recycle all the scrap metal from jobs, along with the standard car battery, and it is something I am keen on, but as far as plastic bumpers go something needs to change.
Taking a course like this can also give you a good
Education and equipment are key
At this stage we will have four hydrogen sites located throughout the North Island in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga and Palmerston North.
There are a couple of things that can happen; one of them is we can look at ethanol-based products or a diesel that is some sort of synthetic or biodiesel as
In the mix, we’re also considering offering three sources of energy at future sites.
From our perspective as a transport operator, we’ve got the levers to make a difference, and an example of what can be achieved is already being set by our supplier ExxonMobilExxonMobil.areusing cogeneration to reduce carbon emission at its large refinery in Singapore, and that’s good news from our perspective as there is a reduction in emissions in terms of the product we’re Wesupplying.arefurther reducing the products’ carbon footprint with our well-managed fleet, and our vehicles are 80 percent Euro 5 or Euro 6.
We recently attended the retail fuels conference in Singapore and that gave me a great perspective on what’s happening outside our region.
Euro 6 imposes a further significant reduction in NOx emissions from diesel engines (a 67 percent reduction compared with Euro 5).
We have a pretty open mind as to what energy people are going to need and how we can service that within our
Ifootprint.finditquite exciting really because there are definitely opportunities for Waitomo to look past the sunset of
Jimmy Ormsby is the Managing Director and owner of Waitomo Group and is the third generation of his family to be running the business. He’s leading the way in the fuel sector with plans for a nationwide hydrogen fuel network - all part of a plan to uncouple from hydrocarbons.
First introduced in 1992, the Euro emissions standards are designed to introduce more strict levels as time goes on. The aim is to reduce air pollution and improve air quality by introducing more stringent
It’s a completely different business model from what we have now with liquid fuels. It will eliminate the need to transport product from the terminal retail sites.
Driver training comes into play as well, and it all helps in reducing fuel consumption and fuel emissions.
of the Ruakura Superhub, a massive 1.6-hectare flagship service centre that will include hydrogen refuelling.
From left: TGH Ruakura, Ivan Bartley (TGH Chief Investment Officer), Jimmy Ormsby (Waitomo Group MD) and Michael Conlon (TGH Project Manager).
Jimmy Ormsby (Waitomo Group MD).
Eurostandards.5tightened the limits on particulate emissions from diesel engines with the need for particulate filters to meet the new requirements. There was some tightening of NOx limits as well.
What Waitomo is looking to with hydrogen is a future where we have decoupled from existing hydrocarbon energy sources completely.
In the last couple of years, we’ve partnered with Hiringa Energy and together we are developing a fuel-stop network utilising some of our existing sites, with plans for a further 20 stations to be developed across both the North and South Island.
Wewell.are constantly investigating other ways we can improve what we do, and we looked at other lowcarbon transport options for fuels with the view of using hydrogen in the supply chain.
One way of achieving this is by producing hydrogen onsite for retail consumption.
MEMBER COLUMN FUEL
We certainly came away with a slightly different view on how we’re going to sit in the energy train and what products and services we are going to be able to offer at our Waitomo sites.
The Government’s biofuels mandate means the liquid fuels challenge will be to reduce emissions through either biofuels or some sort of synthetic fuel. That will have a material impact, and we’re discussing options with Mobil in terms of their product slates and how they are going to achieve targets for the biofuels mandate.
We were keen to be the first cab off the rank in terms of having a hydrogen truck delivering hydrocarbons. I loved the irony of that, but from what we know today it can’t be achieved. This is because of the intrinsic safety requirements needed to load and unload liquid fuels at a terminal. Hopefully, future technology addresses this and we can.
We’ll be looking at further options around EVs. Most of our sites are located in more provincial areas than metro areas, and we have the view that there will be a greater uptake of EV provincially.
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There are myriads of challenges for wholesalers in New Zealand around what to do with liquid fuels once we have got them here, and what we can do that is material to reduce emissions.
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Looking past the hydrocarbon sunset
For our hydrogen fuel sites, we’re looking at using an embedded network for solar electricity. This will give us a range of options. One will be creating the hydrogen onsite and another will be the ability to charge EVs on the same site.
Solar to hydrogen
Amongst his sustainable practices: for each oil change, Glenn donates a tree to ‘Trees for Survival’; the funds from recycled batteries go to the same cause; and to top it off he uses ecofriendly oil packs and low energy lighting.
to a busy repair business in Newmarket in Auckland, and later to university to obtain a degree.
“Scan tools were really expensive at the time, and I developed this really basic system that covered everything and worked using an optical sensor that decoded the flashing.
“I would love to go back to something like that because my passion is to be involved in that Eventuallyenvironment.”thecorporate offices of Z Energy took over the running of the rewards scheme and Glenn was keen to look for a new Hechallenge.turned full circle and bought suburban repair workshop Grimmer Motors in Hamilton.
And this entrepreneur has found it’s good for business, with customers seeking a repair shop that is not only customer focussed but environmentally aware as well.
Country mouse, town mouse
“My passion is the environmental side as well as the technology side of the motor industry and I try to combine them wherever I can to be New Zealand’s most environmentally friendly workshop,” Glenn says.
Glenn did his master’s trade qualification as a mechanic and master’s trade as an auto electrician but wanted to take it further. He went on to study and complete a New Zealand Certificate in Engineering (NZCE) in electronics and computer technology.
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But the owner of Hamilton’s Grimmer Motors is on a crusade to prove it’s not only achievable but profitable too.
Glenn Thorley.
“I called it ‘Driver Rewards’ and had it registered; the concept we were looking to develop was a platform that would monitor driving and give a score,” Glenn says. It proved to be so accurate that Glenn licensed the technology and still owns it.
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Still having a thirst for knowledge, he followed this up with a degree in information technology whilst funding his studies as a contract mechanic around Auckland.
Now, three years into his quest, 5,000 trees have been planted and every week the holy grail of certified carbon neutrality is edging closer for Grimmer Motors.
“So, if you plugged into the cigarette lighter you could tell by the alternator rpm if it was a petrol engine or a diesel.”
“Mydiagnostics.concept was a loyalty scheme with companies to do with driving environmentally friendly and I developed a smart phone app to monitor driver habits,” Glen Acceleration,says. breaking and cornering were measured through the app using rpm through the alternator ripple.
A requirement for the degree involved completing a project of his choosing which bought about the development of his highly successful scan tool, designed to read dashboard fault codes.
“I had the contrast of a country garage to a garage in Newmarket in Auckland. It was a bit of a shock and back then electronics were coming more and more into cars, and I wanted to specialise,” Glenn says.
Being the most sustainable carbon neutral workshop in the country is Glenn Thorley’s holy grail.
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Glenn patented his invention and sold units throughout the country and internationally.
Next in line was a telematics project for Z TelematicsEnergy. is a method of monitoring cars, trucks and equipment and other assets by using GPS technology and on-board
Glenn is not only a qualified mechanic but also has a degree in information technology.
He’s been at the cutting edge of industry technology over the past few decades, having developed one of the early diagnostic scan tools, and then worked on a telematics project for Z Energy aimed at rewarding motorists for driving Hissustainably.careerstarted to evolve as he moved from a small Taranaki country garage at the age of 19
But there is a lot more to Glenn than being just a suburban garage owner with a passion for the environment.
“Now it would be seen as rudimentary, but back in the day it was cutting edge.”
“My dream was to see how efficient I could make it run and then work on ways of making the splitting of water more efficient. There are laws of physics you are not supposed be able to break but I figure someone has got to try,” Glenn says.
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For now, the hydrogen project is on hold while he trains new staff and gets Grimmer Motors running smoothly again – and there is also the lofty goal of becoming carbon neutral to conquer.
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It did run after Glenn built a cranking sensor out of 3D-printed parts, but further work is needed to increase the power output.
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Trees, trees, trees
“I love innovation and I love technology and I love the environmental side, so I think it doesn’t really matter what I am doing as long as I can be creative.”
Trees for Survival is a charitable trust that works with over 150 schools and local communities across New Zealand to grow and plant native trees along waterways and on erosion-prone hillsides. Their environmental education programme provides an opportunity for schoolchildren to make a practical difference to their environment as well as learn about conservation, revegetation, wetland restoration and protecting stream quality.
All up, after three years his efforts have resulted in more than 5,000 trees being planted.
At the back of the business in a storage shed Glenn also has a side project that sounds like the Manhattan Project.
“I had no idea just how much time it would take up, I thought I was buying something I could manage and for a few years it ran really well, but with the second round of Covid-19 the labour shortage hit us pretty hard,” he says.
He had dreamed of creating the most environmentally sustainable garage in the country for a while and now was the chance to give it a go.
Using a carbon cleaning machine to make the hydrogen was easy enough but getting the engine to run was a challenge.
Glenn takes the proceeds from the scrapping of car batteries, around $12.50 each on average, and puts $6 towards Trees for Survival, which works with schools and local communities to plant native Fundstrees. from scrap metal, every electric or hybrid service, and every tyre headed for recycling means another tree.
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“I even have an environmental washer cleaner for parts that has a biodegradable cleaner in it.”
With the changes he’s made, Glenn’s noticed loyalty building in his customer base as word get around and is acutely aware that the younger generation will be looking to a more environmentally friendly repair shop long term.
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“I’m still recovering and still training people so I can get back to developing ideas.”
Notway.”much can be done with the oil bladder, but Glenn points out the environmental impact is a lot
He’s having a crack at making hydrogen and converting a single cylinder engine to run on it.
He’s already made significant headway to getting the business environmentally sustainable
Ofless.the business’s seven courtesy cars, four are Prius, and the others are going to be replaced with hybrids too. And it hasn’t cost a lot.
Business carries on the same way as before, Glenn says the only difference is there is more awareness of waste.
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“We have changed all the lighting to LEDs, we go for the Penrite enviro-pack oils and we try to get rid of as much of the waste as we can in an environmental
“Getting the engine running was a lot harder than I thought and a lot of the videos you see online are not real,” he says.
Tesla rang me the next day about it and asked what I had done to fix the problem.”
Once replacement parts are specified and priced, the repair programme tells Chris what glue to use, how many rivets the job requires and what kind of rivets.
All the different systems are needed because on a Tesla they are joining dissimilar metals.
“Theagain.guys in the workshop do a great job out there and doing that job myself made me appreciate what the guys on the floor are going through,” he says.
The tech is so savvy that if the battery gets below 12 percent while it’s in for repair, Chris will also get an email alerting him to put it on charge.
All in the timing
“I had to change everything, and it was painful,” Chris adds.
“The worst result I have had is someone who said there was a speck of dust in their paint and
Chris is also a great example to other members of how embracing green technology can be a blueprint for success.
Now Chris’s company is the only collision repairer in the central North Island that’s allowed to obtain genuine Tesla parts and have exclusive access to their service manuals.
“It required a lot of online training and each technician, as well as managers and estimators, had to complete different modules with Tesla to be able to fix the cars,” Chris says.
structural adhesive all the way around and an M flange on the wheel
A car repairer of many years, Chris saw an opportunity with Tesla that would give centuryold family business Napier City Collision Repairs an edge over the “Icompetition.talkedabout it with my dad and he said if I didn’t do something different with the business, then we wouldn’t be around in the future and it turned into the best move ever,” says Chris.
still accurate, still good, but not as efficient as the new stuff is today.”
And it wasn’t just the equipment that needed updating.
“It is an agreement between Tesla and myself that for my level of investment they will refer as much work as possible to me,” Chris proudly explains.
A geofence around the building means that when a car comes across the footpath into the workshop, Tesla knows it is in for Andrepair.it’s tracked by the Australasian Bodyshop monitor, which also reads every customer survey and undertakes sixmonthly and yearly audits of Ifcontractors.thereisaproblem with a customer’s repair Tesla’s Bodyshop monitor is right on to it.
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It did cost a large chunk of cash, as Tesla are fussy about the tools he Theneeded.chassis machine and the spot welder were the wrong brand and even the measuring machine and paint system didn’t meet Tesla’s strict specifications.
“What we had before was around 10 years old but still functional,
Call it a leap of faith. Call it an eye for an opportunity. But for MTA member Chris Greaney taking on a Tesla repair contract has been a bold move that’s paid off.
“I repaired one myself the other day and I was replacing a rear quarter and to replace that section there were spot welds, MIG plug welds, MIG weld joins, four different types of rivets,
Eye in the sky
Chris is proud of the fact that he has a five out of five rating for customer surveys.
Tooling up for Tesla
“Therearch.were six attachment methods for one panel, whereas five years ago there were plug welds and spot welds and that was it,” Chris says.
“You really have to plan the whole job, time everything perfectly, because you have glue going off and if you make any mistakes the panel is a throwaway and you have to start
On the upside, the new gear isn’t just for Teslas, it’s capable of repairing a range of car makes.
Once replacement parts are specified and priced, the repair programme tells Chris what glue to use, how many rivets the job requires and what kind of rivets.
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Since 1916, Napier City Collision Repairs has always embraced change for sustainable business success.
“It is good learning for the guys because any mistakes and it is instant death.”
A lot of time is saved with Tesla’s automated onboard systems, but working with the highvoltage system does have its challenges.
Geo pins on a map
It can be any size or shape, even a straight line between two points.
“With our chassis machine we have got a jig set up so we mount the car on Teslaspecific clamps and cut it back and rebuild it much like they do in a car factory,” Chris adds.
It also had a stint building hearses and child seat Now,restraints.withagrowing number of Teslas on the road and on the horizon, Chris is sure of the company’s future.
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Instant death
For instance, when the airbags have been deployed in a collision the pyrotechnic fuse next to the 400volt battery will need replacing.
A geofence is a virtual fence or perimeter around a physical location. Like a real fence, a geofence creates a separation between that location and the area around it. Unlike a real fence, it can also detect movement inside the virtual boundary.
“The guys on the shop floor have evolved and a new entrant into our industry needs to be a lot more educated. Our aim as an industry should be to attract people who are on the verge of [deciding] should they go to university or should they get a trade,” Chris says.
It is made up of a collection of coordinates (ie, latitude and longitude) or in the case of a circular geofence, one point that forms the centre.
There’s also one thing you can’t do the oldfashioned way on a Tesla and that is straightening the chassis on a machine.
A century of evolution
Geofences are created using mapping software, which allows the user to draw the geofence over the desired geographic area.
A different calibre of recruit is needed for the future, Chris explains.
Under the careful eye of a watcher, the repairer uses only one hand at a time for the job to reduce the likelihood of accidents that result in current passing through the chest cavity.
Some of those guys took over businesses and gave panelbeating a bit of a bad reputation, but now that’s all changed, he says. And Chris knows a thing or two about change.
It started as a wheelwright for cart day then built army vehicles through World War 2 and later, bus bodies for Newmans.
“The forebears of the business changed with the times, and it paid off and we are continuing to do that,” says Chris.
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This is where things are a bit different from your average repair and replacing it gets complex – and potentially hazardous.
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The repairer needs to remove the top cover on the battery housing all the high voltage while wearing full protection and using multi-meters to check everything is safe.
“Back in Dad’s day a lot of the guys he employed were just out of prison and that was pretty common in the industry back then,” Chris says.
Trevor Tutt, 3R Group General Manager.
The Play Matta range of playground safety surfacing is made of processed ELTs.
Tyrewise was developed by companies and organisations representing tyre importers and suppliers, new and used car importers, tyre recyclers, motor services, and motorists as well as local and central Tyrewisegovernment.supportsimporters to create a circular economy solution for tyres and drive change through the supply chain in line with the waste hierarchy. Importers will pay a levy at first point of import which funds Tyrewise from its commencement.
“The only reason it is now happening is the legislation passed into the Waste Minimisation Act,” 3R General Manager Trevor Tutt says. It is intended the Tyrewise scheme
“It’s far better than getting coal out of the ground,” Trevor says.
Matting and compounds for equestrian arenas are two other uses.
3R Group specialises in product stewardship and came up with the initial design for the Tyrewise scheme 10 years ago and delivered it to Government in 2015, but it stalled at the start line.
For example, if a business changes the tyres on a customer’s car for new ones, the business then stores the used tyres based on the requirements of the National Environment Standards.
Waste Management milestone
Trailblazing Tyrewise crosses the start line
Currently, a customer pays a recycling fee to a garage for safe disposal when a tyre reaches the end of its life.
will help stop tyres being stockpiled or dumped as there is no value in holding onto them and as the recycling initiatives expands, jobs will be Trevorcreated.sayswe now have the first stewardship scheme in the country with a regulated framework and the six-month trial will begin in late Trevor2023.
MTA has long advocated for the scheme, and the pilot will be good news for members who deal with the rubbery riddle of disposing of old It’styres.taken 10 years to get the green light, but the aim of the Tyrewise scheme is for 82 percent of the estimated annual 62,000 tonnes of end-of-life tyres (ELTs), to be converted into a valuable resource, whilst creating employment.
There is no cost to the business for ELTs to be picked up as the transport company gets paid out of the ADF fund.
Waste Management Ltd recently processed its six millionth end of life tyre at its recycling plant in Wiri since 2017.
When the tyre comes to the end of its life and the owner goes to dispose of it at a tyre shop or garage, there is no disposal charge to the customer because under the scheme a tariff has already been paid.
All the way through the system the movement of the ELTs is monitored by the Tyrewise system, and it will show where the processed product ends up.
Through regulated stewardship Trevor believes tyres will become a well-managed waste stream with an 80 percent or greater recovery rate and high value end Goldenuses.
A range of uses
The garage then pays for the tyre to be collected. And what happens to the tyre after that can vary from responsible recycling and use in new products to illegal dumping.
A higher value commodities to come out of recycling tyres is carbon black which goes into colourants, paint and plastic and it could be traded internationally.
As the company says, many of those tyres would be treated as waste and dumped.
The Tyrewise system
Under the Tyrewise scheme, disposal of the tyre is paid for upfront by the importer by way of a tariff (advanced disposal fee or ADF) collected by customs and put into a fund to pay for the recycling of the tyre.
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Processors who receive the tyres will be paying for them as a raw product and once it is processed the end user will also pay for the processed material.
What is Tyrewise?
Considering all that, Trevor is proud they finally have the trial underway.
When the business owner has enough tyres and needs to get rid of them, they log a request with Tyrewise and a transport operator will collect the ELTs and take them to a processor.
The standards deal with the effects of storing tyres outdoors that fall within the functions of regional councils under section 30 of the RMA. This is particularly related to water quality, control of discharges of contaminants into land, air or water, and the mitigation of natural hazards.
This year alone, the plant has processed a million tyres into fuel for Golden Bay Cement in Northland as high energy replacement for coal in the concrete manufacturing process.
The Tyrewise stewardship framework is finally underway – a welcome step for keeping old tyres off the side of the road and into good use.
agrees 10 years is certainly a long time, but there were considerable hurdles encountered along the way: a change of Government; a rapidly evolving sustainability landscape, and the required and unprecedented use of the Waste Minimisation Act 2008.
“It is not a Government-backed scheme; it is there to steward the tyre and there is no incentive for businesses to hold on to the used tyres,” Trevor says.
Bay Cement uses chipped tyres in their furnace as a replacement for coal and at capacity can burn 45 percent of the annual 62,000 tonnes of ELTS.
At last, the rubber has hit the road.
Under the trial Tyrewise will track the movement of the used tyre right to the end use as a processed recycled product or Napier-basedfuel.company
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The best advice he has for businesses or home-owners wanting to follow in his footsteps is to ensure they have plenty of storage built into the system.
with the Hyundai EV, Mike and his wife use as their main transport.
“Isays.am a bit of a ‘greenie’ and it does lower my carbon footprint, which is great business-wise as I can say basically our business is running on sunshine.”
One of his projects prior to Covid-19 was a mini fire engine that runs on electricity and is designed for resorts.
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What sets his business apart is it runs completely on sunshine with a bank of solar panels on the workshop roof connected to storage batteries in the corner of the “Fromworkshop.wayback, I have had a beef with electricity companies and fuel companies, and I wanted to break the shackles and not be at the mercy of the supplier,” Mike
“It concerns me that a lot of people put panels on their houses but don’t have a battery and sell the excess power back to the grid and they get so disappointed because they are not getting the savings from it.”
Mike Harrison lives in the tiny rural settlement of Tikokino in the shadow of the Ruahine Forest Park, a 45-minute drive southwest of Napier, and is the owner of boutique firefighting equipment manufacturing firm, Phoenix Firepumps.
Runningin.”heavy three-phase machinery is not a problem for him either as he has an inverter on the system, which can run the lathe and the mill that’s used for developing new pump designs.
Running on sunshine
It’s all just off Tikokino’s main street, a hop, skip and a jump from the volunteer fire station kind of handy because he’s also the local fire chief.
But he says recouping the cost of installation isn’t what it’s all about.
Both his workshop and house next door are powered by solar along
He is also about to complete his NZ Certificate in Electric Vehicle Automotive Engineering (Level 5) at the Eastern Institute of Technology which fits perfectly with developing the electric pumps.
A trained motor mechanic, Mike started out developing a better version of the portable petrolpowered pumps on fire trucks and found success exporting them around the world. Now he’s designing an electric version.
A princely $100.
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It’s also been a great source of knowledge for building the pumps.
Among the fascinating customers MTA members encounter, there’s often one who’s a standout.
“To me, once the system was up in running, the power was free,” says Mike. He is still connected to the grid in case of an emergency and has paid for a month’s worth of power during a particularly bleak winter. The cost?
If you are mechanically minded, he reckons, almost anyone can set up a solar power system similar to his with the help of an electrician.
“It took me around a week to put it together and then I got an electrician to hook it up,” he says. And from that moment on he’s been running his life on sunshine with the explicit goal in mind of building, “the best fire pumps in the world, period.”
Mike Harrison with one of the “best fire pumps in the world”.
Mike Jane felt he’s such a great sustainability success story that he told Radiator.
“He’s certainly different than a lot of my customers and amazingly lives and works off-grid,” he says.
Mike installed the solar panels on the workshop roof in 2018 and expects to be reaping the benefits of free power for at least 25 years.
Panel payback
“I am a big fan of making sure if you have solar that you should be putting a battery
And for Auto Super Shoppe Waipawa owner Mike Jane, longtime customer Mike Harrison is pretty unique.
“I often suggest to people to keep the grid for back-up because it’s good to have if you get three or four days of shitty weather, you can fall back on it.”
Mike has 40 solar panels powering his Tikokino workshop.
The initiatives we are putting in place – such as the Clean Car Discount and the Clean Car Upgrade –are about making it much easier for New Zealanders to make zero or low-emission transport choices, be they safer walking and cycling options, better public transport, or more affordable electric vehicles.
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quicker than simply leaving it to the market.
Put simply, if we are to meet our climate targets, cut emissions and limit global warming, we’re going to have to make a significant shift in the way we move about. And that’s great news. Because decarbonising our transport system will not only be good for the climate, it will also deliver better transport for everyone. And it will contribute to more vibrant, resilient and prosperous places to live, work and That’svisit.why
Head to head
I was recently asked what I am most excited about when it comes to the transition to a net-zero world. And my answer was that, after so many years of inertia, we are now seeing the shift starting to
it’s replacing coal-fired boilers in our schools, putting a proper price on pollution, or getting more awesome low-emission vehicles on our roads, the changes we must make are no longer somewhere on the horizon, they are right here in front of us. And I think that is tremendously exciting.
Even with the rebate in place, for low-income households, the upfront cost of low-emission vehicles can be a significant barrier. But because they don’t cost as much to run and maintain, they are actually more affordable over the vehicle’s lifetime.
transport was such a focus in the Emissions Reduction Plan we released earlier in the year. For example, actions in the ERP will see zero emissions vehicles increase to at least 30 percent of the light fleet by 2035.
The proof, as always, is in the pudding. And in the first year of the Clean Car scheme, 57,000 EVs and hybrid vehicles were registered. That’s a 56 percent increase on the previous year. EVs and plug-in hybrids made up 20 percent of new passenger car sales in March/April 2022. That’s one in five cars sold. But it could easily be more.
By making it more affordable for consumers to purchase an EV or hybrid, we’ve also made it more attractive for manufacturers to make those vehicles available for Kiwis to purchase. If you book them, they will come!
Transport is one of our largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 17 percent of Aotearoa New Zealand’s gross greenhouse gas emissions. It’s also an area where we can make an immediate difference for the better – and the Government has a number of initiatives in place to make it happen.
Whetherhappen.
As other countries around the world have seen, the uptake of low-emission vehicles in Aotearoa is going to increase exponentially over the coming years. Particularly as we roll out funding to build and improve the charging infrastructure.
James Shaw.
The Clean Car Discount is a great example of Government policy doing exactly what it was designed to do – in this case, making cleaner vehicles a more realistic choice for more people.
We invited Climate Change Minister James Shaw and National Party Climate Change Spokesperson Scott Simpson to outline their sustainability vision and plan for the country, and what it means for MTA members and the automotive industry.
The Government is committed to addressing climate
Together, New Zealanders are moving meaningfully towards climate-friendly ways of getting around. And, as we are seeing time and time again, it’s another example of where tackling climate change comes with the happy coincidence of making people’s lives better.
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Deciding to buy a low-emission vehicle is one thing, but the supply of vehicles needs to be there. And in a small market like Aotearoa, that can be a problem.
Remember, when it comes to climate change, time is of the absolute essence. And policies like this one, designed to get the right kind of conditions in place, is one way Government can make things happen
The Clean Car Upgrade (vehicle scrappage scheme) is designed to make it easier for low-income New Zealanders to access cleaner vehicles (as well as other low-emissions alternatives) and benefit from those lower running costs. If successful, the scheme will see some of our least efficient, most polluting – and often unsafe – vehicles off the road. Another win for the climate, that’s also a win for the way we live our lives.
change, and committed to building a cleaner, greener, fairer Aotearoa as we do it. The Emissions Reduction Plan sets out how we will build a low-carbon future in a way that leaves nobody behind. It will ensure every sector is playing its part to meet the climate targets this Government has put in place – all while creating new jobs and industries, and improving our places and our communities.
But for MTA members and their businesses, it means change, and change that is coming faster than many realise or are prepared for. We humans respond to change in different ways. Some choose to try and ignore it by continuing to do things the way they’ve always done. Others are early adopters and innovators. They spot opportunity to tap into new technology, new systems, and new ways of doing things that will give them an advantage. For them, the pace of change is exciting and invigorating.
There won’t be a change in direction. That gives New Zealanders confidence that the decisions we make in our personal, business and community lives will be ones that we can take knowing a transition to a more sustainable and environmentally friendly future will be decisions that endure any change of Government in Wellington.
Cut the red tape
New Zealanders can trust National to deliver for the environment just as they trust us to manage the economy. We will be pragmatic with policies that work and embracing of technology playing a central role. Only through co-operation will this country find effective and lasting solutions to both our economic and sustainability goals. MTA members have a vital and exciting role to play in that.
Scott Simpson.
The issues this country faces, to be more productive and to protect our environment, are not binary. New Zealand does not have to choose between prosperity and the environment. To the contrary, a strong economy and secure energy supports New Zealand’s environmental goals.
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We’re not fans of using taxpayer dollars to subsidise businesses to make the changes and decisions
Sustainability is like beauty, it’s in the eye of the beholder and means different things to different people.
MTA members will each adapt to those changes at a pace that best suits their own customers and businesses. We in the National Party don’t see the role of Government being to tell you how to change or when. We see the role of Government as setting the parameters and broad objectives. That’s done using the ETS system and by ensuring red tape is kept to a minimum and regulations are simple and clear for all.
National Party Leader Christopher Luxon and my colleagues are 100 percent committed to meeting both the international obligations we signed up to under the Paris Climate Accord and to the objectives of our domestic net zero 2050 objectives.
Labour believes environmental protection requires sacrifice. It declares whole sectors or technologies as villains and tries to crush them. That approach cannot work. New Zealanders need transport. They need agriculture. They need energy security to deliver New Zealand’s ambitious environmental goals. National will get New Zealand on track to those targets without upending entire sectors by taking a more co-operative and practical approach than this Government.
Long-term decisions
Often the investments and buying decisions we make are long-term ones. For businesses having the confidence to invest in new technology, system changes will be made more easily knowing successive Governments are not going to do a u-turn. Certainty is as important to MTA members as it is to any other sector of our economy.
business can and should be making for themselves. But having agreed on a bipartisan pathway for net emissions, National is not always going to agree with Labour on every detail of their approach. Theirs is a ‘Big Government knows best’ style. They like to tell you how to live your life, run your business and they think they know how to spend your money better than you do. They like to have things centralised in Wellington and think a one-size-fits-all policy will be best in every situation. We do not.
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For our transport sector, that means lots of change. But it means while we still need roads and further investment in building new and modern, fit-forpurpose highways, the energy source and fuel motive that will drive vehicles of the future is going to change rapidly over the next decade or two.
Many of the world’s major vehicle manufactures have either stopped development work on fossil fuel models, ramped up development and supply of low or zero emission models, or have indicated they will entirely cease production of fossil fuelled options by the mid to late 2030s. More will follow, for sure.
Christopher Luxon said recently that he wanted policy operating on a principle of recognising emissions reductions and removals regardless of the technology. That gives us the best chance to lower net emissions more quickly and I think he’s right.
Successful businesses don’t just mean more jobs and higher wages. They are the opportunity for Kiwis to work hard and get ahead. But businesses are also hubs for our communities. They need to be part of helping to make New Zealand a better place. That’s both the challenge and the opportunity for MTA members as they decide how best to embrace the changes that are coming and how best their businesses can become more sustainable, no matter how they define that for themselves.
Parliament passed our Zero Carbon legislation back in 2019 without dissent. That cross-party support for it was important because it means that no matter what political colour of Government we have between now and 2050 and there will be numerous changes of Government between now and then - the direction of travel towards net zero is set in place.
Bill Alexander.
Nissan Leafs these days are almost as common as their namesake.
Hiringa is building a green hydrogen production and refuelling network across New Zealand focused on the heavy transport sector.
Bill’sLeaf.the go-to guy when it comes to solving elusive Leaf problems other repairers are unable to fathom, all the while quietly working on a ground-breaking solution to the Leaf’s limited-range battery.
A further 20 stations across the North and South Islands are planned to be operational by 2026.
Source: Hyundai New Zealand, Hiranga and NZ Post.
“Hydrogen technology is an important solution for NZ Post and other similar businesses to introduce as part of reducing their heavy freight Itemissions.”mightstill be ‘snail mail’ but at least it’s moving with the times.
• Based on the current diesel prices, the fuel cost per kilometre for a hydrogen fuel cell truck is very similar to a comparable diesel truck; also the range per fill is similar with around 400kms from 32kg of hydrogen. It’s worth noting that hydrogen is still not being produced (and consumed) at the volumes required to really drive fuel price efficiency, so we expect this cost model will continue to improve with greater adoption of zero emission heavy transport fuel cell vehicles.
Is it a fully powered hydrogen-only truck or does it still require diesel as part of its operation?
The first four stations are to be located in Hamilton, Palmerston North, Auckland and Tauranga, and are due to be operational in 2023. They will provide coverage for the key heavy freight routes in the North Island.
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Covid-19 threw a spanner in the works, but now Bill is full steam ahead on his plans for the business and the Billbattery.reckons sales of Leafs have been affected by an increase in cost from Japan, but sales have been buoyed by “Wedemand.didnotice it jump when the rebates happened and when the petrol prices went up, they rose a bit more.”
According to NZ Post, based on typical heavy vehicle mileage, one fuel cell EV truck in operation will avoid the equivalent CO2 of around 100 fossil fuel light vehicles a big difference in anyone’s eyes.
What is the fuel cost in comparison with a comparable diesel truck and does it get a similar mileage?
The new design will alleviate distance anxiety for Leaf owners with the addition of 45 percent more capacity.
Bill has been in the business since 2017 when he joined Blue Cars founder Carl Balev with an ambitious plan to build a business catering for everything Leaf-related, from importing and selling second-hand models to servicing and repairing them, and even hiring out a few.
Hyundai New Zealand CEO Andy Sinclair says heavy transport emissions are notoriously hard to offset, as electric battery vehicle alternatives can’t offer companies the same “Largerproductivity.trucks are driven all day, every day over long distances. Taking many hours out to recharge a battery regularly is time the truck can’t be on the road,” Andy says.
And that battery is a potential game-changer.
And that’s been good news for MTA member Bill Alexander at Blue Cars, which specialises in all things
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They say the mail must get through – and for hundreds of years, it has.
NZ Post has added a Hyundai XCIENT FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) to its fleet, which Chief Executive Officer David Walsh touts as the country’s “Wefirst. are very proud to be leading the way by putting the country’s first hydrogen truck into commercial operation,” he “Sustainabilitysays.isabig deal to all of us at NZ Post and we see hydrogen technology as one way to contribute to reducing emissions within New Zealand’s road freight sector.”
Physically there is no difference in the size of the battery, but Bill says compared with the factory-fitted 36-kilowatt version, it is around half as big again in power storage. Building the battery has been a work in progress since 2017, but he is now closer to getting it to the market. He says the new design will alleviate distance anxiety for Leaf owners with the addition of 45 percent more Billcapacity.saysit will also reduce the Leaf’s carbon footprint by rejuvenating older cars that would previously have been “Itscrapped.isveryclose to being ready, but in terms of when we will be able to get the number of batteries up and available to sell to consumers, we are not sure because of international supply chain issues.”
NZ Post worked with Hyundai Motors New Zealand to secure the truck.
*Based on 350-bar tank pressure and a commercial refueller. May change depending on outer tank temperature.
“When the batteries hit the market, they will make a difference to older high-mileage cars as it will turn them into really good around town cars,” Bill says.
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• No diesel is required at all. This is a pure hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and completely zero emission.
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Being a Leaf specialist has been the mainstay of keeping the business going, Bill says, and there’s a steady supply of Leafs that are put into the too-hard basket at other “We’regarages.getting hand-me-down work all the time; I haven’t been short of work, that’s for sure.”
• XCIENT Fuel Cell can be charged within 8-20 minutes* per single charge.
But now it’s getting delivered in a very modern way.
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There are three modes in which the hybrid works and you can watch that on screen because you cannot manipulate them. The software determines the most economical method depending on the circumstances. In town and under light loads it runs in EV mode. Hybrid running is common, and when a cog shows in the energy readout, the engine is driving the wheels directly. The only aspect of the drive you can manipulate is selection of B mode, which ramps up regeneration, and replaces braking at times.
Disclosure: I’ve long been a Jazz fan, more the car than the music genre. Right from the launch of the original, it inspired with its all-round abilities and practicality, the Magic Seats still part of the fourth-generation model that debuted last year.
Honda has been slow to full electrification, with none here yet, but has been offering hybrids for some time. The latest electrified Jazz is rather more sophisticated than the original. Instead of having a helper electric motor, the latest variant, the e:HEV, has a 1.5litre petrol engine that drives a generator and there’s a dedicated propulsion motor. It works in several different ways, always chasing efficiency.
Its Magic Seats remain, however, as you can see here with one seat base flipped up, the other stowed down. And there’s still an almost flat space of 1,200 litres after folding both seats completely, down about 100 litres on the regular Jazz.
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The Luxe e:HEV hybrid is the sole electrified Jazz. As a hybrid it is somewhat similar to Nissan’s Note e-Power except that the engine can directly drive the wheels on occasion. The Atkinson cycle mill is running much of the time because the lithium-ion battery sited under the boot floor is tiny, under 1kWh. That also means EV intervals are necessarily short, a few kilometres at best. The battery robs the hatch space of
55 litres, so it’s down to just over 300 litres. Its Magic Seats remain, however, as you can see below with one seat base flipped up, the other stowed down. And there’s still an almost flat space of 1,200 litres after folding both seats completely, down about 100 litres on the regular Jazz.
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Honda Jazz e:HEV Luxe
the Jazz hybrid is really quite fun, with nippy steering and handling that’s aided by independent wheel slowing (torque vectoring by brake). It’s not the quickest thing around, despite getting off the line in sterling fashion thanks to its 80kW/230Nm propulsive motor. It hits 100km/h in a bit under 10seconds, but feels quicker than that. Pushed hard
We also appreciated the keyless entry and pushbutton start, along with the adaptive cruise, even if it does cough out below 30km/h. There’s lane departure warning and lane keeping too, not to mention AEB and forward collision warning, all part of the Honda Sensing Safety suite. My wife looked for the heated seats switch but couldn’t find it, despite it being right there alongside the climate controls. Other handy items include auto highbeam assist, the natty two-spoke steering wheel, rear USB ports and attractive two-tone alloys.
We drove it on the open road mainly, up SH16 and saw figures in the low fives. Honda reckons on 3.8L/100km overall because in town it can get down into the 2s if you’re careful and it will even do that on the motorway at speeds up to about 80km/h.
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Like the latest Yaris, Jazz seems a class above in the way it feels and goes. For this has a ride quality to it like no Jazz before ever had and you really notice that most in rural running. Extra chassis strengthening means easier suspension settings. The ride and handling mix is better than before, and the Turanza rubber keeps things hushed. A mean of 73.4dB was achieved
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This Jazz goes for $35,000 plus $800 for ORCs. With the $4,140 rebate the bottom line is $31,660. That’s roughly the same price as the slightly raised Crosstar crossover alternative, which has no hybrid powertrain available and lacks the active safety gear.
What else? Some here at Autocar didn’t appreciate the tan hue of the fake leather, seemingly too yesteryear. Black is evidently an option. The driver’s seat is okay but could do with more lumbar support. A pity it isn’t adjustable.
We appreciated the wide screen outlook up front, the enormous windscreen augmented by big fixed quarterlights. That said, the A pillar is split in two, one quite narrow but the hindmost one rather thicker. Still, a view to cherish.
Not only is it quiet in the conventional way but the cabin is also completely without buzzing or squeaks, something that SH16 can highlight rather quickly. Moreover, the doors shut convincingly, like in something more expensive. On the drive, out rambling,
Apart from the engine occasionally buzzing away to recharge the battery, this is like a regular Jazz to drive, only you will get up to 900kms between refills. No range anxiety here, and no plugging in either.
over some pretty harsh new chip seal; for the most part readings didn’t exceed 70dB.
We appreciated the wide screen outlook up front, the enormous windscreen augmented by big fixed quarterlights.
it performs mock upshifts to make it seem more conventional.
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The mixture of the MoW and private contractors worked very well, building our country as we knew it, a “New Zealand Inc” with opportunity and jobs for all Inabilities.the1970s I was an electrical apprentice with a mediumsized local family company and an excellent forward-thinking and innovative boss. We did everything from toasters to ski tows, houses to hospital
Particularlyneeded.
We used to have people trained to make and repair all sorts of automotive components; not much demand in New Zealand today for magneto, wooden wheel, dynamo or copper radiator skills etc, but wait a Whatmoment!about the huge vintage and classic car, motorcycle (and even aeroplane) hobby in New Zealand and worldwide?
This provided a real boost to my local community in the mid 1970s when a few hundred, often English, families arrived and settled here, mostly very successfully. Houses were rapidly built, football (soccer) teams were huge beneficiaries, the town was literally energised.
The wisdom of skills training and apprenticeships seemed to have been forgotten and many companies recruited tradespeople from other companies or from overseas, rather than train their own, because they thought it was cheaper. Contrast that with my visit some years earlier to the VW training facility at Wolfsburg. The German giant had at that time 66,000 factory employees and 5,000 trainees.
In the ’60s and ’70s the Ministry of Works (MoW) trained worldclass engineers, who built massive power schemes, drilled tunnels through mountains (yes, with some imported European skilled workers) and constructed huge hydro-electric dams, and all the while built up our skills base as they proceeded from project to project.
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generators, a fantastic training and life experience.
Obviously, there were other incentives than the passing of exams to keep us attending!
The answer, “We keep the best, the others get jobs at our competitors.” A joke or not, the comment was illuminating. I was impressed by their very tough testing regime also, which really tested the diagnostic ability of the skilled trainees.
Finally, some years ago I was sent to West Africa. I met a doctor from Cuba working there. He told me his country trained far more doctors and engineers than they need, encouraging them to go overseas as part of their foreign aid help to the UN. They gain skills and experience, and the Government pays them twice what they would earn at home while they’re away. It sounded like a great bit of lateral thinking and a win all around.
With the coming of a more individualistic national attitude taking hold, NZ Inc gradually diminished and by the 1990s the polytechs were seen as the poor cousins to university education.
As MP for New Plymouth in the late 1990s, I met one of only two first-year electrical apprentices that year in the whole Taranaki province. I was shocked and began thinking about the longterm effect of this.
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Wisdom of skills training
I asked, “What happens to them all after graduation?”
Each year there was a gala graduation night where awards were given. It was a matter of pride for companies to have the top apprentice and everyone turned out in their ‘glad rags’.
Apprentices were valued
As an example, for many decades we built world-class locomotives and rolling stock in our railways workshops, while training thousands of engineers and apprentices. Today we import these mostly from China and Korea, sometimes with big in-service issues to be sorted.
we simply don’t have, or didn’t then have, in New Zealand.
We see it on the TV news most nights, someone having a whinge about being “overworked, underpaid, unable to get staff, and why isn’t the Government doing something about it?
Skills training forgotten
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Growing your own
Our local polytech was built in the early ’70s and was bustling, with all trades having excellent facilities, workshops, classrooms, laboratories, hairdressing classrooms, commercial training kitchens, nursing training.
I am encouraged by the automotive industry’s efforts to ‘grow our own’ people and by the polytech once again having workshops. Reform of Vocational Education (ROVE), announced by the Government in 2020, will hopefully deliver attractive pathways for trades and skills for the 21st century, but we must not dismiss the skills needed in the past.
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Every good story needs an element of truth. From the viewpoint of the whinger, always someone else should have done the planning, set up the courses, recruited the excellent potential workers who present themselves every day (not!), and of course, have paid for their training. There’s a real cost in recruiting and training new people to replace those retiring from an industry, and many companies across all sectors (and local and central government) have found it convenient to import the skills
In the electrical trade alone there were three local apprentice levels, each year’s night classes having around 25 students and also those doing Advanced Trade Certificate.
I had previously discovered that I was the only parliamentarian with a Trade Certificate and had begun speaking about the looming shortage of skilled people and the coming real problems for our country as they all retired without trained Everyreplacements.facetoflife has shortages of trained people and skills that were the backbones of our country. These have disappeared in the name of ‘cost effectiveness’ or ‘efficiency’.
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As a one-off unique project, and others, such as the Think Big projects spinning off the oil industry, these often require skills
One of the ‘Think Big’ projects spinning off the oil industry, the Waitara Valley methanol plant.
Currently we see major projects, such as the Auckland Transport rail system, being built with many imported workers to drill the tunnels etc. For years our country has imported specialist skills, but why don’t we grow our own?
Schools, however, always encouraged the best students to go off to university (I did that much later in life), whether or not they had the necessary personality or aptitude to succeed or complete the qualification, never mind the likelihood of a job at the end.
when major one-off projects such as thermal power stations are built, with a resulting flood of specialist tradesmen and their families being imported.
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Mohamed Kalbon is currently working at Garage 10 Automotive Limited and is completing MITO’s New Zealand Certificate in Light Automotive Engineering (Level 4).
His journey into the automotive industry started in 2003 after he completed a Level 2 Automotive course. However, it wasn’t until March 2021 that he got back into this trade. After 15 years as a truck driver, the Covid-19 pandemic and having two children, this was the right time for Mohamed to get back to where his passions truly lie.
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a truck driver wasn’t well suited for my family. As a mechanic you can do 40-45 hours max a week and be home every night; being a truck driver, that’s not Inguaranteed.”March2021
“I got in touch with MITO, and they explained to me how apprenticeships worked. I promoted myself as an experienced mechanic who wanted to do an apprenticeship and was hired by Mercedes Benz Palmerston North.”
“Iyears.didmy first course back in 2003, and now seeing how cars have evolved and how the technology has improved,
future apprentices, it would be to never stop learning and “use your time throughout your apprenticeship to keep learning and upskilling, always be studying and with the way technology is going, there’s always a chance to continue moving up in your career”.
One of Mohamed’s favourite things to learn throughout his apprenticeship is how cars have evolved and how the technology has changed over the past 20
at a workshop: “I would help out wherever I needed, even if that was making coffees and sweeping floors. I wanted to get into the industry so would do whatever to help Afterout.”Mohamed left school, he enrolled in a Level 2 Automotive course and worked in a workshop for a few years. However, in 2005 he switched to truck driving. “I was a long-haul truck driver all over New Zealand for 15 years. The freedom of being on the road and seeing the country was really fun for me.”
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With two children Mohamed knew that truck driving didn’t allow him to be home when he wanted so he looked at making the switch back to automotive. “Working as
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Goodbye trucks, hello cars
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Recently Mohamed moved to Auckland. Thanks to the great support he had from his MITO Training Advisors Brett Neill and
“Cars have been a passion for me since I was a kid. I used to enjoy every time my dad would buy a new car. We would look at it and work on it.” During fifth form (now Year 11), Mohamed began working
“Once I finish my apprenticeship, I plan on completing MITO’s Working Safely with Electric Vehicles micro-credential, then I want to enrol in a Level 5 Light Automotive Engineering programme and later complete a Diploma in Management.BusinessMygoal within the next five years is to become a service manager or own my own workshop one day.”
Mohamed began his journey back into the automotive industry.
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especially the safety side of things, is really interesting to me. The potential of where the automotive industry is heading is Mohamedexciting.” has about two months left until he finishes his apprenticeship and isn’t stopping anytime soon.
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then Phil Collings, the transition was very smooth. “I began looking for jobs before moving and found my current one at Garage 10 Automotive Limited. I had completed about 78 percent of my apprenticeship and with the help of Brett and Phil the transfer has been a very straightforward procedure. They have been amazing and a great help during my apprenticeship.”
A picture-perfect opportunity presented itself for Coast to Coast Region Chair Joris Sanders while visiting Hokitika.
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The West Coast meeting was one of the six-weekly meetings that are organised throughout the year and always included a mix and mingle afterwards.
Joris says with some members operating in remote areas the visits are an opportunity to engage with them and get feedback on what matters the most to them.
Coast to Coast Region Chair Joris Sanders catches up with MTA members on the West Coast. From left: David Boot, Murray Parfitt, Joris Sanders, Mike Glen and Andre Hopman.
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“We try to have the meetings in the various centres and getting over to the West Coast is always enjoyable, it was great to have Dave Larkin [MTA Coast to Coast committee member] from Lake Brunner meet us in Greymouth because where he is, is reasonably remote,” Joris says.
“On the first day in Nelson we’ll get out and about and visit some of our members informally and then in the evening we will have a mix and mingle,” Joris says.
EV information evening
The next area for a visit will be Nelson for two days in October.
Catching up before an evening of discussion, from left: Chris Rae, Joris Sanders, Scott Alison, Dave Boot, and Murray Parfitt.
He uses a cutaway Nissan Leaf to show what really goes on in the workings of an EV and aims to educate as many people as possible.
Part of the presentation covered the basics of electric cars how the new Clean Car Standard works, and the penalty implications for heavier-polluting vehicles.
Dave says the get-together for members was to dispel some of the myths around electric cars and to give people the chance to get up close and see how they work.
With a sizeable spread of MTA members to cover in the Coast to Coast region, MTA Region Chair Joris Sanders takes getting out and about and meeting members seriously, and last month visited the West Coast for a get-together.
Out and about
EV dealer and champion of electric car information, MTA member Dave Boot put on an evening of education in Christchurch last month.
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“The Job Check part is harder ($610 fee), as you must get your ad and employment agreements correct, including everything they ask for in the ad, and use exactly the ANZSCO requirements for the job description, qualifications and experience in your ad, or else you could be rejected. I experienced delays and mistakes from Immigration (Dept) but got there in the end with three migrants approved as mechanics.”
We’ve had a few enquiries about this, and one of our members has been through the process recently. Here’s what he has to say:
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With the recent ramraids and petrol drive-offs what advice do you have to protect the business?”
What you’re telling us
In the case of ram raids, earlier this year the Government announced a $6 million programme for small businesses to help them protect themselves from ram raids by installing measures such as security fog devices, alarms, and screens.
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If you don’t get a response from the registered vehicle owner, you can then lodge a complaint with your local police station by phoning them and selecting the Crime Reporting Line.
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Why do the labels include carbon dioxide emissions?
The new Vehicle Emissions and Energy Economy Label (VEEEL) must now be displayed on vehicles offered for sale at car yards.
Transport is responsible for around half of New Zealand’s energy-related emissions, so enabling consumers to make low-emissions choices is a vital part of tackling climate
“What support is there for members following the recent storms?
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MTA has teamed up with n3, which offers a range of discounts that might be a great help with any members needing to replace damaged belongings or repair damage to property.
You are able to access the Waka Kotahi Motor Vehicle Register (MVR) if you have the vehicle number plate to confirm the registered owner’s details and then contact them.
MTA staff are also feeling the effects of winter lurgies which seem to be a bit more prevalent this year. We have found the flu vaccination has made a difference in easing the effects for some of our staff or helping them avoid it all together.
Some of your staff may be eligible for a free flu jab. Details of its effectiveness and where to get a vaccination are on the Ministry of Health website. www.health.govt.nz.
Find out more For more information about your obligations and displaying the label, visit eeca.govt.nz/vehiclelabel
A countertop terminal for in the shop, or a mobile terminal for on the road, are covered with a range of Verifone EFTPOS terminals, including the new Android EFTPOS range. MTA members are also eligible for free credit card surcharging.
“What is the process around the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV)?”
We are getting a bit sick of all the staff being sick! Staff who are well enough to work are really feeling their absence.”
Achange.vehicle’s carbon dioxide emissions determine whether it is eligible for a rebate under the Clean Car Discount (green label), or whether it will attract a fee (red label). Cars with blue labels have neither a rebate nor a fee –typically because their emissions are in the neutral zone, the vehicle has been previously registered, it has a safety rating below 3 stars or it retails at $80,000 or more including on-road costs and GST.
Colourshops has also partnered with MTA and offers special discounted contract rates for members with 15 to 25 percent off.
“The first part of getting accreditation is pretty easy and you can do it yourself. It is all done online, and you need to pay the $740 fee, and you need to agree to watch the Employment Learning Modules videos online about looking after migrants correctly, along with agreeing to all the terms and conditions.
Is there anything I can do about the cost of Paywave when using Eftpos?”
New Vehicle Emissions and Energy Economy Label
Members at the top of the South Island experienced torrential rain, landslides and flooding in the latter part of the month. Luckily no member’s business was directly affected (as far as we know) but some of their homes were.
Staff vigilance or a presence on the forecourt is a critical part of deterring or reacting to thefts to warn potential thieves and highlight your site’s vigilance. In some regions, building relationships with local police has helped to make drive-away fuel theft a priority for police action.
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For further information, head to MTA’s Membership Toolbox under Business Partner Offers.
With extreme weather events on the rise, check out the MTA Toolbox Emergency Management Checklist, there is a useful guide on preparing your business for an emergency. You can find this information in ToolBox/Membership/Business Partner Offers.
Blast From The Past
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MA class vehicles must be LVV certified for any tyre tread protrusion outside the OE guards or factoryfitted flares. This means two vehicles that look similar will be treated differently depending
In this series of articles, we’re discussing how to look at vehicle modifications from an AVI’s perspective; whether the modifications on an uncertified vehicle require LVV certification, or if the modifications on a previously LVV certified vehicle match what the vehicle was LVV certified for.
Continuing the theme of our last few Radiator articles, this month we’re covering another frequently queried area of the Threshold: LVV Certification Threshold Schedule, Section 10 (Tyres, Wheels and Hubs).
Tyre tread coverage: An update to the VIRM in 2020 changed the way tread coverage was treated. LVV Information Sheet #05-2020 (Tyre Track and Protrusion of Tyres Beyond Mudguards) is available on our website and explains the difference between the old and new VIRM
• Increasing the overall tyre diameter by more than 5 percent means that a vehicle requires LVV certification.
the VIRM allowed tread to protrude outside a vehicle’s guards as long as the total track width hadn’t increased by more than 25mm. Because it’s very hard to establish a vehicle’s track width if it different wheels have been fitted, this was never very successfully enforced, and has also meant most 4WD vehicles were referred for LVV certification because it didn’t take much to put the tyres over 12.5mm outside the original unmodified (OE)
A 4WD passenger vehicle, designed with special characteristics for off-road operation.
Myths and misconceptions about modification thresholds: part 8
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Increasing the overall diameter of a tyre: This is something that often catches people out. Usually, the first modification anyone does to their freshly-bought 4WD is to fit the ubiquitous 33” mud tyres, which are usually more than 5 percent larger in diameter than what the vehicle had originally, immediately tipping the vehicle into requiring LVV certification. A good place to look for the OE tyre size is on the tyre placard in the driver’s door opening, or in some cases, the original spare wheel is still fitted (which unless it’s a space-saver should match the rest of the OE wheels). We get asked a lot why tyre size increases require LVV certification basically it doesn’t take a massive diameter increase to have a marked effect on the vehicle’s braking ability, particularly in terms of fade resistance. LVV certification is required to make sure that the braking system is suitable for the larger tyres, and often this ends up encompassing the brake modifications needed to accommodate them.
This gets tricky, as the measurement is taken from the OE mudguard and doesn’t take into account any dealer-fitted or aftermarket flare. Some vehicles (ie Toyota Surfs and Nissan Safaris) are fitted with OE flares already over 25mm past the OE guards, meaning any additional tread protrusion would require LVV certification.
Differential and axle changes: Both changing the final drive ratio and axle housing are allowed for in the LVV Threshold, provided that specific criteria are met. Notably, it’s stated for an axle conversion that the vehicle’s suspension geometry and OE braking system must be unaltered – so that XY Falcon presented for a WoF with a disc brake Ford 9” rear axle that “just bolts up” needs a bit more scrutiny, and must be referred to an LVV certifier!
The bubble arches on this MA-class Mk1 Escort require LVV certification due to tyre coverage reasons and the amount of guard cutting required to fit them.
This section is fairly self explanatory – the golden rules are:
Changing from an open diff to a limited-slip type: This is also allowed for; although not specifically mentioned in the wording, it is caught by the phrase “only the differential centre or gear-set is changed”. Changing the centre to a limited sliptype would be acceptable, as long as it fits without alteration. Fitting a locked or “spool” diff is not acceptable however, and cannot be LVV certified.
Sinceguards.then,the allowance for tread to protrude past the OE steel guards of an NA or MC-class vehicle has been increased to 25mm past the OE mudguard (which for 95 percent of vehicles is the steel panel), providing the tread is covered with an appropriate flare.
Section 10-1 (Tyres & Wheels)
on their vehicle class; a 2WD Toyota Surf Sports Runner is MA class, so no protrusions past its factory-fitted mudguard flares are allowed, while a visually similar 4WD Hilux Surf or 4Runner can have the 25mm protrusion because of their MC classifications. Therefore, it’s important to keep the vehicle class in mind when carrying out a WoF It’sinspection.worthnoting that rolling a mudguard lip for tyre clearance doesn’t require LVV certification. Wheel spacers and adapters: These always require LVV certification, unless fitted as OE by the vehicle manufacturer. During a WoF inspection, it’s worth the AVI comparing the size (where possible) of the spacers or adapters to those recorded on the LVV certification plate of a vehicle. Don’t take it for granted that because the car has been LVV certified for spacers/ adapters, that the same ones are still fitted!
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Changing a vehicle’s wheels: This modification is under-threshold, providing the new wheels meet the criteria listed in the Threshold. An oftenoverlooked aspect of any wheel swap is the load rating of the new wheels, which an AVI needs to ensure are suitable for the vehicle and any loads it can carry. One of the ‘Reasons for Rejection’ in the VIRM is the fitment of aluminium wheel nuts, as these are prone to failure.
The added guard lips to cover the tyre protrusion of the 33” tyres on this MC-class Safari would also require LVV certification, as they are in addition to the factory flares.
• All tyre tread needs to be covered by a Withmudguard.thatinmind, there are still a few important points to consider:
A passenger vehicle (other than a class MB or class MC vehicle) that has no more than nine seating positions (including the driver).
Tyres, wheels and mudguards
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A goods vehicle that has a gross vehicle mass not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.
As members will be aware, the Government launched the Clean Car Discount (CCD) scheme earlier this year. The design, development and implementation of this scheme has been somewhat controversial and problematic, and MTA has been actively advocating and submitting on all consultation documentation relating to the CCD that has been published by the GovernmentGovernment.now plans on an initial review of aspects of the scheme in September 2022.
sell tobacco products and the imposition of a maximum number of approved smoked tobacco retailers in an area.
MTA has submitted to the Health Committee that given the impressive results of the Smokefree campaign to date, it is not clear that reducing retail availability is necessary when the education programme has done so well, and in the first instance does not support this bill.
Ministry of Transport: Discussion of new s241 requirements under the Land Transport Act 1998.
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Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill
BusinessNZ Energy Council: Introduction of new team members.
Almost 20,000 rebate applications have been granted since the scheme was expanded in April this year. This review will look at whether changes to the rebate/fees that make up the scheme are needed. In the coming weeks, the Government will look to engage with representatives across the vehicle industry, including MTA, as part of this CCD review over the next month.
MTA welcomes a review of the CCD. MTA was, and still is, of the opinion that the Government should focus on influencing consumer behaviour through the continuation of the CCD until 2025 but there have been issues that we want Government to address. MTA would like to hear from members about the scheme, good and bad, and how it might be improved going forward: email: michael. wells@mta.org.nz
Michael Wells, Advocacy and Strategy michael.wells@mta.org.nz
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Should the number of tobacco sellers be reduced, MTA has clearly outlined to the committee that the network coverage and current operating protocols of service stations make them best placed to take the role of approved smoked tobacco retailers. A report is due from the Health Committee on 1 December 2022 in respect of their MTAfindings.will continue to engage with officials across Government on this legislation and the regulations that will develop around it and push for service stations to be placed as smoked tobacco retailers.
Advocacy
Government has indicated that while the primary purpose of this review is to consider the rebates/ fee, they are open to consider other elements of the feedback that do not require a change in the primary legislation.
The Health Committee is currently accepting submissions on the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Bill. This bill would see reductions on the availability of smoked tobacco products by significantly restricting the retailers who can Kia ora, this marks both my first month at MTA and my first article in Radiator. It has been a bit of a whirlwind ride, with the advocacy space picking up slightly since last month, but still relatively quiet.
The app will soon feature the electric vehicle charging networks of Z Energy, ChargeNet, and Tesla.
Some electric vehicle charging providers don’t even display their prices on site as traditional fuel stations are required by law to do, Mike says.
Mike says the main motivations
Read our safety alert: alert-cardan-shaft-park-brake-failuresnzta.govt.nz/safety-
Along with being able to monitor fuel costs, the Gaspy app can also be used for locating petrol stations that specifically offer bathrooms and barista coffee Thisservices.isaparticularly useful feature for road-tripping electric vehicle owners planning out their journeys and factoring in potential charging stops with amenities to make their journeys practical and comfortable.
Users of electric vehicles are likely to utilise apps such as Gaspy to plan their journey charging and potentially use the additional services on offer from the electric vehicle charging bay business provider – think hot beverages, food, Wi-Fi, saysGaspynewspapersmagazines,andbathrooms.directorMikeNewtonconfirmedthattheapp is in its final phase of technology upgrades to provide visibility to consumer of the price of electric vehicle charging.
• Due to the design of the brake, the vehicle may roll away when parked on a slope, especially if the load is changing and/or the vehicle is parked on an unstable surface.
Waka Kotahi has issued a safety alert because there have been several incidents where the Cardan shaft park brake has failed and the vehicle has rolled away.
Read more information about Cardan shaft park brakes at: nzta.govt.nz/cardan-shaft-park-brakes
• You need to understand the brake mechanism and its limitations.
Fuel and Heavy Vehicle sector Safety alert: Cardan shaft park brake failures
Along with enabling consumers to obtain and validate cheaper petrol prices, Gaspy was also widely used by New Zealand’s media to track local petrol and diesel prices in real time.
• Avoid parking on slopes or use wheel chocks when parked on a slope and when the vehicle is jacked.
The current certificate of fitness stall test does not adequately assess parking brake performance. It will be replaced by a more rigorous roller brake machine test from 1 October 2022 for most classes of vehicle with Cardan shaft park brakes.
Changes to CoF requirements
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Mike reckons that including electric vehicle charging prices in Gaspy will draw attention to and improve these price transparency issues as well as helping electric vehicle owners to locate charging providers. Initial updates to Gaspy that include electric vehicle technology will start out small and evolve based on Gaspyfeedback.saysit is committed to listening to the electric vehicle community and will continue to roll out multiple updates on the Theapp.Gaspy app shot to prominence earlier this year, following the surge in New
The locally created app Gaspy, which uses user submissions to monitor and publish retail petrol and diesel prices, is set to add the price of electric vehicle charging to its platform.
The key points of the alert are:
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Cardan shaft park brakes (also known as driveshaft park brakes) are fitted to many small to medium trucks and a small number of passenger service vehicles. They are designed to hold the vehicle and its load but have limitations which can lead to the vehicle rolling away.
He expects that charging prices will be submitted to the app not only by electric vehicle users, but also by other frequent Gaspy contributors, even if they don’t own an electric vehicle.
• Vehicle owners are responsible for ensuring the brake is serviced regularly to maintain performance.
Zealand’s petrol prices. In May Gaspy passed one million users. The app enables those shopping for petrol to know where the cheapest fuel in their region is, based on submissions from other Gaspy users.
This new service provided by Gaspy is a strong signal to our members and the industry that electric vehicles as a mode of transport are gaining traction.
to adding electric vehicle charging prices to the Gaspy app are to improve the transparency of electric vehicle charger pricing and to make it easier for electric vehicle drivers to locate electric vehicle charging bays.
Gaspy currently tracks pricing for 91, 95 and 98 octane petrol, as well as diesel, LPG, and AdBlue/ GoClear pricing.
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Wednesday 13 October North Shore
HYUNDAI SPORTAGE 374 33% KIA EV6 354 N/A
Wednesday 28 September Otorohanga
Top 15 models included: 8 SUV, 4 cars and 3 utes.
TOYOTA 2,678 5.3%
MAZDA 522 -31.1%
Wednesday 19 October Online
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS 342 118%
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Wednesday 26 October Parnell
Monday 3 October Dargaville
Wednesday 14 September Levin
FORD RANGER 934 -11%
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Tuesday 20 September Highbrook
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Ute sales starting to recover (Ranger and Hilux in top two as the remaining March pre-registered units work their way to retail.
Wednesday 21 September Highbrook
Thursday 15 September Palmerston North
Wednesday 5 October Whangarei
TESLA MODEL Y 581 N/A
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MITSUBISHI 1,697 38.6%
BYD 448 N/A MG 395 73.5%
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It covers the roles and responsibilities of a VI, the Agency rules and regulations, how to correctly navigate the VIRM, the WoF inspection processes, correct beam setter usage, and recording and completion of information on WoF checksheets.
TESLA MODEL 3 745 87%
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Tuesday 13 September Paraparaumu
Friday 14 October Silverdale
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FORD 1,129 -10.6%
SUZUKI 724 4.7%
Tuesday 27 September Taumarunui
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER 677 89%
KIA 1,574 15.1%
The market continues to be impacted by product shortages.
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The market of 14,689 was up 116 percent on August 2021 (Covid-19) lockdown.
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Top 10 New Vehicle Brands - August 2022
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Model and brand performance
Tesla, newcomer BYD, and Chevrolet had notable volumes in August. In the year so far, Mitsubishi, Kia, Tesla, Hyundai, and MG are performing
BYD ATTO 3 448 N/A
YTD the market is up 1 percent. There were 10,940 new passenger vehicles, up 136 percent on August 2021. New commercials at 3,749 were up 71 percent on August last year, and down 5 percent YTD.
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TOYOTA RAV4 437 13%
TOYOTA HILUX 897 13%
Toyotastrongly.again claimed market lead for the month, and extending its leader position YTD.
Wednesday 12 October North Shore
298 37% MITSUBISHI ASX 295 -46% SUZUKI SWIFT 280 13% TOYOTA COROLLA 272 -26% KIA NIRO 256 90% Drive technology mix: ICE 67 percent, EV 17 percent, Hybrid 11 percent, PHEV 4 percent. 2,560 EV - including 745 Tesla Model 3, 581 Tesla Model Y, 448 BYD Atto3, 354 Kia EV6 and 63 Hyundai Kona 1,627 Hybrid - including 342 Toyota RAV4, 166 Kia Niro, 154 Highlander, 141 Honda Jazz and 121 Toyota Corolla. 627 PHEV - including: 198 Eclipse Cross, 191 Outlander, 98 MG HS, and 37 Kia Niro. Market overview 20,00018,00016,00014,00012,00010,0008,0006,0004,0002,0000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 202020192021 New Vehicle Market Passenger and Commercial August 2022 2022 The new BYD Atto3 landed with 448 registrations in August, enough to secure 6th place in the model rankings. Course pricing Update/QMS course – member pricing Classroom $165 + GST | Online $100 + GST Update/QMS course – non-member pricing
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TESLA 1,326 190.0%
Top 15 New Models - August 2022
HYUNDAI 624 24.9%
Brand Model Sales % Chg YTD
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The MTA QMS Course is designed for business owners or staff who are responsible for carrying out the administration function for an authorised WoF Inspecting Organisation. Topics include managing your manual, completing, and storing forms in accordance with NZTA, and self-assessments for IOs and VIs.
Hybrid 3,271 units - top sellers included: 1,090 Aqua, 594 Prius, 220 Corolla, 200 CH-R and 172 Honda Fit,
ICE 55 percent, hybrid 39 percent, EV 4 percent, PHEV 2 percent.
Honda comfortably took out first place in August.
SUZUKI GSX250 17
Toyota Prius, Mazda Demio, Toyota CH-R, Subaru XV, Honda Vezel, Toyota Auris and Lexus CT200H all performed above usual levels.
HONDA 150 51%
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KAWASAKI 57 39%
SUZUKI 75 -33%
FORZA 31 73% BMW 28 15%
There were 498 used import commercials, up 38 percent in August, and an increase of 27 percent YTD.
TRIUMPH 60 -3%
Top 10 Used Import Models - August 2022 August 2022 % Chg YTD Toyota Aqua 1,104 50% Toyota Prius 628 19% Mazda Axela 460 -14% Nissan Leaf 301 63% Toyota Corolla 262 11% Mazda Demio 254 -19% Honda Fit 244 -26% Mazda CX-5 233 1% Subaru Impreza 224 -1% Toyota CH-R 205 1145% Used Import Vehicle Registrations Passenger and Commercial 30,00025,00020,00018,00016,00014,00012,00010,0008,0006,0004,0002,0000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 202020192021 New Road Registered Motorcycles and Scooters - July 2022 1,0001,4001,2009008007006005004003002001000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 201920202021 Territory sales data can be accessed via the market information provided on the MTA website/toolbox: https://toolbox.mta.org.nz/sector-specific-advice/dealer/facts-and-statistics/ 2022 2022 Honda’s new CB300R took top spot in August, along with an interesting promo line of: "The bus can take the back seat".
Market overview - August 2022
With 8,437 units, August was up 13 percent on August 2021, and up 1 percent YTD.
KAWASAKI EX 400 23
There were 771 new motorcycle registrations in August, up 74 percent on August 2021, and up 4 percent YTD. There were 134 used import motorcycle registrations, up 56 percent from August 2021 and down 15 percent YTD.
FORZA CICLONE 19
Top 10 Motorcycle Registrations by Brand
ROYAL ENFIELD HIMALAYAN 15
Subaru
KTM 42 -23%
SUZUKI UZ50 21
HARLEY DAVIDSON 40 -15%
August 2022 % Chg YTD
HARLEY DAVIDSON SOFTAIL 30
Overall, the combined new and used import road market was 905 units up 71 percent for the month and up 1 percent YTD.
ROYAL ENFIELD 44 9%
HONDA CB 300 50
Product shortages continue to impact brand Fourteenfortunes.ofthe top 15 models were mid-sized or smaller.
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PHEV 185 units - included 126 Outlander, 24 Prius, 6 BMW 330E and 3 Merc C350
Top-selling Models August 2022
HONDA CRF 300 25
YAMAHA 69 16%
There were 7,939 used import passenger vehicles, up 12 percent on August 2021, and at the same level YTD.
Drive technology mix:
YAMAHA XTZ690 14
Motorcycles
KTM 390 ADVENTURE/DUKE 20
EV 322 units - included 301 Leaf, 6 Nissan e-NV200, 4 BMW i3 and 4 Smart Fortwo.
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Contact James at Jackson Brown Automotive & Marine on 021 658 429.
Well established since 1997. 300sqm workshop with 3 hoists, 10+ car parks. Well setup workshop with a large client base and SAM computer software. Has all the equipment you would need. Please call 021 790 651.
Established 1980. Located Mine Road, Mt Eden Road. 2 x 2 post hoists 1 x 4 post hoist. Tyre bay with tyre and balance machine. WoF site. Just bring your own staff. High quality client base. For more information Email: johnbiparva@yahoo.com.
Qualified mechanic required for busy workshop. Must be able to work unsupervised. A WoF authority is preferred but not essential. Great team with new, well-equipped workshop. Contact Heather on 027 244 2331.
Diesel mechanic – Wyndham
We require a qualified technician to work us in our well-established Honda dealership. The successful applicant will need to be honest and hardworking, have a clean driver’s licence, attention to detail and the ability to work with our existing staff of nine. Contact Ian on 027 221 9162.
Profit from change and a smile!
Automotive Workshop for sale in Hamilton.
We are seeking a full time qualified, motivated Automotive Technician to join our friendly team at our busy workshop hours: Monday to Friday.
Estimator - Wellington
Auckland Panel and Paint is expanding with new contracts, and requires additional top skilled tradesmen. Two branches in Auckland City and Onehunga. Great wages, with an emphasis on training (CRA Trainer of the year 2022). Other benefits include Health care and flexible hours. Great working culture and team. Assistance with relocation if required. Phone 021 888 000 or bob@rabon.co.nz.
European vehicle workshop specialising in Porsche, looking for an experienced technician who is passionate about cars. Need to be hardworking, a neat appearance, maintain a tidy workplace, with good time management and communication skills. The role requires you to problemsolve and diagnose faults in a wide variety of modern and classic vehicles. Our work ranges from basic service and WoF through to engine and gearbox rebuilds, auto electrical, performance modifications and electric cars. Email CV and cover letter to office@powerhaus.net.nz 04 4998715.
We are looking for a full time experienced qualified panelbeater able to work a full 40hour week from 8am – 4:30pm Monday to Friday. We are an approved insurance repairer. Car-O-Liner chassis machine with Car-O-Tronic Vision 3D measuring system, 2-post hoist and an inverter spot welder but will require their own hand tools. Required to complete ongoing training through I-Car to bronze qualification and have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa. Email CV: otakicr@gmail.com.
DC Autocare requires an experienced technician/mechanic to join our team. We operate a small, busy workshop in Hastings working on all makes and models We are Hastings’ VTNZ Certified Repairer. Full NZ drivers licence. NZ or equivalent automotive qualifications (3rd year apprentices will be considered) Ability to work unsupervised.
Mechanic – Taupo area
Looking for a change of lifestyle? join the EMG team in sunny Gisborne. We are looking for an experienced Automotive technician who prides themselves on quality workmanship and outstanding service.
Mechanic/WoF inspector – Kaikohe
Gisborne Autoelectrics currently have an exciting opportunity for a qualified auto electrician or apprentice. We specialise in commercial and private motor vehicles. Apply Now. We're keen to meet you.
We require a full time qualified automotive technician. The successful applicant needs to hold a full driver’s licence, have excellent diagnostic skills, time management and be a team player. A full job description is available upon emailing: contactautofix@xtra.co.nz.
Email CV to admin@dcautocare.co.nz or contact Dylan 06 878 8138.
We have the opportunity for a Full-Time or Part-Time WoF Inspector to Join our team. Hours flexible to suit applicant
Looking for an opportunity to move away from the city? Enjoy the outdoors and want to make a change for the better? Looking to expand your mechanical skills and work with a fun team of people? If this sounds like you, then you need to get in touch. We are looking for an experienced automotive technician to join our team based in stunning Lake Tekapo. Email office@tekapoauto.co.nz.
Mechanic/WoF inspector - Mangawhai
Busy workshop looking for an Automotive Technician preferably with WoF authority. Contact Luke on 021 111 5683.
Automotive technician – Motueka, Nelson
We are looking for a new mechanic, or suitably qualified person to join our happy team. NZ licence and residency minimum requirements for the job. AVI preferred, or someone who can get certified. Class 2 and 6 licences an advantage. Scan tool experience would be a plus too. A decent wage and good conditions offered. We have a random drug test regime and the 90day clause applies. Apply with CV to Dayal at gckapiti@gmail.com or phone: 021 329257.
Are you are honest, reliable, hardworking and want to be a part of a busy workshop? A WoF inspector ticket is an advantage but not essential. Need to be comfortable working on all types of vehicles and doing standard vehicle maintenance while demonstrating great customer service, sales and communication skills. Email: nelson@pitstop.co.nz. Ph: 03 539 4152.
Email dani@gisborneautoelectrics.co.nz or Ph 06 868 8012.
If you have automotive industry experience and you are committed to providing exceptional customer service while managing relationships with key partners such as suppliers and insurers, then we want you. The role has primary responsibility for detailed estimates. Also involves liaising with technicians on requirements for parts and/or specialist sub-contractors for jobs to flow efficiently through the repair process. Send CV and cover letter to Mike Tustin at enquiries@tustins.co.nz or contact 021-771 685.
Automotive technician/mechanic - Hastings
We require a fully qualified mechanic with current warrant of fitness inspector ticket. Email: office@blighsroadservicestation.co.nz
We are seeking a qualified mechanic with WoF authority, that can complete service's WoF's and WoF repairs. Needs to have a New Zealand Licence. Please call Ben on 04 384 3168 or 027 451 9893 or Email CV to torrens@brendonmotors.co.nz.
Automotive Technician/WoF – Taupo
Looking for a qualified automotive technician with WoF authority to issue WoFs, servicing and mechanical repairs. Clean New Zealand driver licence. Phone Richard 09 401 0155 or email CV to office@kaikohepanelbeaters.co.nz.
Automotive technician – Kaiapoi
McKenzie Country Motors is seeking a WoF Inspector to join our busy workshop in Fairlie. We pay competitive rates and can discuss flexible hours if this suits the applicant. Email Brett at office@mcml.nz.
Morrell Motors is an award winning, multi-franchise dealership requiring a qualified Automotive Technician to join our team. WoF certificate an advantage, not essential. Live in picturesque Taupo whilst working for a progressive company with ambitious growth. To apply please contact Mark Morrell mark@morrellmotors.co.nz or phone 021 759 070https://morrellmotors.co.nz/careers/.
We have an opportunity for a full time WoF inspector to join the EMG team in our sunny Gisborne dealership. Gisborne is a great spot to live and work.As our WoF inspector you will be solely responsible for carrying out WoF checks for our customers. The only qualification needed is a current WoF issuing authority (AVI) and a valid drivers licence. Interested? Please contact Justin @ justin.kent@enterprisemg.co.nz.
Automotive technician – Havelock North
We are looking for a Senior qualified technician to join our team. Preferably with wof authority. Location is the coastal village of Mapua in the Tasman area. We are a mechanical workshop/service station and AA Breakdown contractor. We would offer assistance with relocation and finding accommodation. Email chris.perrysauto@gmail.com with CV if interested or contact owner Chris Atkins 021 540 286.
We are a busy workshop who prides themselves on quality workmanship and customer service. Needs to be able to work unsupervised, have good diagnostic skills and be able to work on a wide range of vehicles and a good command of English and a full driver licence with NZ residency or a valid work visa. Email: workshop@autoking.co.nz or phone: 09 262 1271.
Businesses for sale
Enthusiastic diesel injection technician with common rail experience to join a thriving rural garage. The business boasts a fully equipped diesel fuel injection facility. Generous package to reflect the experience of the applicant, with a possibility for future investment into the business.
Email: redbarron222@gmail.com or phone 0272 417614.
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Mechanic/ AVI - Kapiti Coast
Automotive technician – South Canterbury
Automotive technician - Dunedin
Dj Auto is looking for an experienced technician to work along side three young men. The ideal candidate would be adaptable and have a passion for cars or engineering. Position would be 25-40 hours per week. Contact Thomas Laue on 03 4730 068.
Giltrap Nissan (Auckland) part of the Giltrap Group is seeking a Qualified Auto Technician with fulltime WoF Inspector certificate. We offer a wellequipped workshop along with continuous and ongoing training. To apply, please email your CV to Javed at: jsoyab@giltrapnissan.co.nz
Automotive workshop – Auckland Mt Eden
Seeking an experienced person to carry out vehicle repairs and servicing on all makes and models. Ideally will have: • WoF ticket (or able to get one) • NZ or equivalent automotive qualifications or proven experience. • Full drivers licence. Accommodation and vehicle can be offered short-term. Send your C.V to:marketingautossmot@xtra.co.nz. New Zealand residency required or a valid New Zealand work visa.
Qualified technician required for busy Service department. Great team with a new well-equipped Service department. A WoF authority is preferred but not essential. Contact Sandra – sandra@cyclespot.co.nz.
We require a mechanic with WoF authority, not frightened of being busy and can work on a variety of vehicles. Must be reliable and trustworthy.
Preferably with WoF authority. Full NZ drivers’ licence. We service all makes and models. Phone Allan Finch on 027 768 6697
Enjoy your life more with a 3-day weekend every week! 4-day work week, good pay, culture, conditions and equipment.
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WoF Inspector – Gisborne
Email: radiator@mta.org.nz
QMS and PRS Manual (Administration)
Simple, personalised H&S system, documented policies & procedures, hazsub inventories & office optimisation service - clearing the clutter! Contact Fliss, Business Systems Sorted - 022 151 1243www.businesssystemssorted.co.nz.
Email: radiator@mta.org.nz
Phone: Chris Lambie 027 442 0899.
Fully equipped 3 bay garage for lease. Comes with a 2 and 4-poster hoist, separate reception office, large tyre bay with tyre and balance machine, Mechanics office, storeroom, washroom, and WC. WoF inspection authority. $9,000 stock. With an existing client base. Please call 021 0257 9751.
Classified ads will appear in the next available edition of Radiator after being received. Due to increasing volumes and space limitations, each Classified ad will now run for two issues only, unless you contact us at radiator@mta.org.nz to advise if you’d like it to be repeated. Please contact MTA if the position has been filled, or the business sold.
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Help and guidance for those working in the WoF Inspecting Organisation space. I provide a pre-assessment check, to get your QMS up-to-date before your next NZTA visit. Happy to take calls from anywhere in the South Island. Acceler8 Automotive Solutions - www.acceler8.co.nz.
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We have a fully facilitated large workshop space available for lease with all necessary tools and compliance to start operating. For further information, email your application to ahmad@bp2gohunterville.co.nz.
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