NRC On Schedule

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.
In one of the truly fascinating episodes of the year, Dave McCoid sits down with Glenn Dobson, CEO at The Drug Detection Agency, for a chat about trends in workplace drug use, and looking at a huge workplace subject of our time through a lens far wider reaching than merely detection.

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.
This month, a fantastic chat with Andrew Clark, national manager for maintenance and operations at NZTA Waka Kotahi. Our roads are in for far more than a visible overhaul – in the background it's a whole new approach to how money is spent, and the processes that drive planning, selection, decision, execution, and accountability. This is a most enlightening interview.

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month – costing you business now and in the future. The NRC operator costing model has been a living document for four decades. It has recently be put through the refiners' fire once again, this time in collaboration with EECA. It means operators can now test business viability in the alternatively propelled space.

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month, Dave McCoid is joined by NRC's manager for policy and advocacy, James Smith, for a chat with Amanda Peart from ACC. Amanda's role is manager -  business engagements and partnerships, and today the topic on the table is: the role of your business when injury occurs. Amanda is all about collaboration and working together on the journey towards best practice injury prevention and management.

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.
This month, one of our most fascinating episodes to date. Dave McCoid chats with Vicente Valencia, CEO of NX2 Northern Express Group from June 2018 to September 2024 on successful PPPs and an aspirational approached to infrastructure.

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month, NRC CEO Justin Tighe-Umbers and New Zealand Trucking Media's Dave McCoid meet with Transport Minister Chris Bishop at the Beehive. The big picture and vision from the government of the day is always of immense value.

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers' senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month: Freight metrics to boost productivity. We get stuck into a real engaging conversation on measuring freight efficiency in New Zealand, and where that could go. This is a far reaching topic, and one not to miss!

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid, editorial director at New Zealand Trucking Media, speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month, concrete roads. Should we be taking a closer look at concrete roads in key locations along the network. Do they offer a better ROI both commercially and environmentally.

On Schedule is the series where Dave McCoid speaks with the National Road Carriers senior team and guests on a broad selection of topical industry subjects as well as the work the association does – the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.As we all look toward a brighter 2025, Dave McCoid chats with chief forecaster and director at Infometrics, Gareth Kiernan, who briefs us on what to expect the 2025 to deliver, a little on how we got here, and other fascinating titbits.

On Schedule - The podcast series in which New Zealand Trucking Media editorial director Dave McCoid speaks with National Road Carriers senior team and guests on the work the association does - the wins, the challenges, and the strategies taken on key issues of the day.This month Dave speaks with NRC Board Chair Ian Newey on the power of industry association membership.