HWR News

The Allied Concrete team at the 2018 Concrete NZ AwardsRecent wins at the Annual Concrete NZ Awards has seen Allied Concrete once again recognised for its technical and operational expertise. Owned by the H.W. Richardson Group, Allied Concrete took out the 2018 Technical Excellence Award for its project work on the strengthening of the New […]

  Dig This, Transport World’s newest tourism attraction officially opened in Invercargill in early October 2017. In what is a first for the Southern Hemisphere, guests can now live out their wildest fantasies and operate heavy earth moving machinery, including diggers and bulldozers, themselves.  The official opening of Dig This Invercargill completed a six month […]

              The joint venture with Dynes Transport is an exciting move for HWR and will realise significant synergy benefits across both parties’ respective areas of specialised transport. Importantly both parties have strong family ownership structures and company values.   Dynes specialise in dairy and forestry logistics, including specialised port material […]

  On Tuesday, 22 November 2016 Scott and Joc O’Donnell officially opened Invercargill’s newest attraction Classic Motorcycle Mecca. A large crowd gathered of close family and friends, motorcycle enthusiasts, media and local politicians. Some well-known motoring personalities were also in attendance including Guy Martin, Greg Murphy and Kristeen Britten, wife of world famous motorcycle builder […]

This sixteen week course is run by the Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) and includes both theory and practical work.  The only pre-course requirement is to have held your full class 1 car licence for six months prior.  All classroom based training is conducted at the HWR Driver Training Centre in Invercargill.  The practical component […]

In 2003 HWR set up their own in-house driver and related trade training – the beginning of HWR Driver Training. Initially trainers were housed at the old Freight Haulage yard in Spey Street, Invercargill and …

This is a privately owned collection of over 250 trucks and 150 petrol bowsers, significant Henry Ford Letter Car and V8 collection, VW Kombis, Pedal Cars, Wearable Arts and much more in this exquisite display housed in over 10,000sqm of sheds.