It s just a real black tunnel of despair, says Carmen Douglas of Mt Eden.
One horse truck manufacturer, Wade Group of Hamilton, estimated thousands of vehicles could be impacted. We think of the adventure tourism operators this could affect when they go to get their COF renewed, said managing director Alyssa Wade.
In April, Waka Kotahi brought in a change to force any cab modified since 2005 to get sign-off from a specialist engineer.
This can mean stripping out the cab to check components, even for new trucks worth $250,000 or more just imported from Europe, and also covering any truck modified locally according to the manufacturer s specifications, which is common to connect the driver to accommodation in the rear of motorhomes or horse trucks.
Some motorhomes, horse trucks forced off roads by rule changes
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Norine Richardson was elected as the Youth Representative.
Athletes increased their representation on the board to seven athletes and an alternate. Athletes returning to the board include two-time Olympian
Wallace Spearmon, 2013 World Athletics 100mH silver medalist
Ryan Wilson, NACAC U23 long jump silver medalist
Kendall Spencer and Rio Olympic gold medalist
Michelle Carter. Joining them in service on the board is
Nicole Leach, a former 400m hurdler and 2014 USATF Indoor Champion in the mile and 3,000m,
Will Leer as the AAC Alternate. In line with recent changes to USATF’s governance
, Amy Begley, 2008 Beijing Olympian, and
Allen Johnson, four-time Olympian and gold medalist in the 110m hurdles, join the board as 10 year + athlete representatives.
By Rachel Conner-Hill echorachelc Chief Reporter (Tees Valley & North Yorkshire)
Collection volunteer Paul Wheatley, house clearance manager, was one of those helping St Teresa s Hospice A CHRISTMAS tree collection service has raised more than £14,000 for a hospice. Despite Covid restictions and bad weather, volunteers for St Teresa s Hospice, in Darlington, collected more than 1,400 trees following the festive season. It was the tenth time the hospice has carried out a tree collection service and it managed to pick up almost as many trees as last year, despite fewer vans and volunteers. Communications manager John Paul Stabler said: “We are so grateful for the efforts of volunteers who worked tirelessly in bad weather, which caused some serious delays – even the padlock at the warehouse was frozen solid which meant we couldn’t get in to the vans on